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What wine pairs with poireaux vinaigrette?

Here are 3 recommended wine pairings for poireaux vinaigrette. Click the button below to explore all options on the Verso app.

Muscadet

white · Melon de Bourgogne · Loire · France — 8–10°C

Muscadet sur lie (Melon de Bourgogne, Nantes) — iodine, lemon and green apple accompany warm leek with mustard vinaigrette; Atlantic salinity answering leek's gentle bitterness, sharp acidity absorbing the vinegar (rare case of wine holding against vinaigrette).

Petit Chablis

white · Chardonnay · Chablis · France — 8–10°C

Petit Chablis (Chardonnay on younger Portlandian limestone than Chablis village) — lemon, green apple and chalky minerality accompany leeks vinaigrette with finesse; chiselled acidity digesting vinegar, flinty edge echoing the slight sulphurous note of cooked leek.

Sauvignon de Touraine

white · Sauvignon Blanc · Touraine, Loire · France — 8–10°C

Touraine Sauvignon Blanc (on Loire flint and flint-clays) — boxwood, citrus and herbal vivacity echo leek's vegetal character; cut-grass edge prolonging warm leek, taut acidity holding Dijon mustard vinaigrette.

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