Wine pairings for
Here are 3 recommended wine pairings for chouquettes. Click the button below to explore all options on the Verso app.
Champagne Brut
Brut Champagne (Chardonnay-Pinot Noir-Pinot Meunier blend, traditional method minimum 15 months on lees, dosage <12g/L) — green apple, autolytic brioche, lemon and fine bubbles accompany chouquettes with legendary apéro elegance; autolytic brioche character echoing the twice-baked choux pastry, fine bubbles lifting the pearl-sugar grains, dry Brut dosage counterbalancing the pearl sugar without overloading.
Crémant de Loire
Crémant de Loire (majority Chenin Blanc vinified in traditional method minimum 12 months on lees) — apple, pear, brioche and fine bubbles cleverly accompany chouquettes for tea or apéro; Chenin's apple-pear character mirroring the butter incorporated into wooden-spoon-mounted choux pastry, bubbles lifting the pearl-sugar topping, value-for-money beating Champagne for this simple dessert.
Moscato d'Asti
Moscato d'Asti (Muscat à Petits Grains from Piedmont, Asti method at 5.5° and 100g/L residual sugar) — peach, sweet orange, rose and light bubbles accompany chouquettes without excess for a children's tea or brunch; 5.5° alcohol not crushing the lightness of steam-puffed choux pastry, sweet orange echoing the caramelised pearl sugar on top, fine bubbles aerating the characteristic hollow choux crumb.