Wine pairings and festive meals: our favorite vintages

New Year's Eve is fast approaching! 

This is an opportunity to impress your guests and to Bring out your finest vintages for the occasion. 

New Year's Eve is surely the best time of year to gather all our family and loved ones for a convivial moment. Let's celebrate this new year in the best possible way with a delicious meal.

Worried about pairing the wrong vintage with your holiday meals? We're here to guide you and give you some good advice.

The entire Cavissima team is delighted to offer you its best food and wine pairingsHopefully this article will make your mouth water and give you some ideas. 

From aperitif to dessert, let's uncork the bottles without further delay!

Sparkling wine for an aperitif

Let's whet our appetites with an aperitif. It's the first bottle we open, the moment is crucial, we have high expectations for this one. first tasting. It's necessary awaken the taste buds So there's nothing better than bubbles for that. 

We suggest you cut the Champagne ! 

Laurent-Perrier Champagnes will be perfect for the start of the festivities. Also, the Champagne De Sousa Cuvée 3A Brut will provide you with a pleasant first tasting experience.

Pair these lovely Champagnes with small appetizersOpt for salmon and ricotta verrines, of the gratinated scallops, of the mushroom-filled macarons or even crab and avocado verrines.

Our ideal wines for your festive starters

The Kings of the Sea

Now let's get down to business: the appetizer. Suggest a beautiful seafood platter. Oyster, whelks, shrimp, crab cakes and even lobster will make your mouth water! Don't forget to add a few lemon slices on your platter for oysters and for decoration.

Your delicious seafood platter will pair wonderfully with Satellite of Domaine Alphonse Mellot 2020. There freshness, there minerality crystalline and the fruity sweet of this Sancerre will blend perfectly with the crustaceansOr opt for the essential Riesling of the Schoenheitz House. Her round fruit, the gluttony of his apricot aromas and its lovely freshness The final will balance the salinity of your seafood platter.

No New Year's Eve celebration is complete without foie gras.

The appetizer doesn't stop there… How can we talk about New Year's Eve without including the star of this meal: foie gras !

Foie gras is appreciated for its subtlety, its melting texture and its refined tasteIt appeals to both young and old. It can be enjoyed in many different ways: on toasted breadon gingerbreadwith fig jam or of the onion compoteWe love them. sweet and savory pairings with foie gras!

Elevate this starter with a Alsatian wine, for example the superb Clos Saint Landelin of the René Muré HouseAlternatively, opt for a Coteaux du Layon of Domaine Patrick BaudouinThe aromas of yellow fruits, of Honey and their round and silky texture will highlight the deliciousness of foie gras.

Delicious food and great wines!

Capon is so good

It's the turn of capon to shine during this delicious meal!

The capon remains unbeatable for the holiday meal, just like the traditional turkeyCapon or turkey, the choice is yours according to your preferences. 

In any case, don't hesitate to accompany it with a Dauphinoise potatoes with mushroomsOr, to seasonal vegetables like the pumpkin, the star of this winter. Ideal for meals as it comes in several variations: in velvety, in gratin or in puree.

For those with a sweet tooth, add a few baked chestnuts With your poultry, we guarantee great success.

Make way for wines, prefer the round and silky reds from Burgundy, THE Pinot Noir will complement this delicate meat with its finesse and elegance. We recommend the 1er Cru Les Sentiers of Domaine Groffier, This Chambolle-Musigny is a favorite of the Cavissima team!

If you choose a chicken in sauce with morelsInstead, suggest a ample white wineFor example, dare to yellow wine from the Jura like the one offered to us by Domaine De La Pinte. Or surprise your guests with a Crozes-Hermitage white. There structure and theamplitude of Domaine White of the Domaine the false ends will be ideal.

It's not April, but fish is still part of the meal.

For those who prefer the fishWe've thought of you! A multitude of choices are available to you; opt for a succulent wolf, of the sole, of brill, of salmon or any other fish that will make you shiver with pleasureNothing beats a roasted turbot accompanied by white butter and served with a pan of mushrooms with a great white Burgundy wine like the MeursaultTo accompany this fine fish, nothing beats... la cuvée Under the Velle of Domaine Michelot.

Cheese or dessert? Why choose?

Wine and cheese, a somewhat complicated relationship

We are coming to the end of this meal, it is at cheese Let's get started. Hold on, we know what you're thinking: "Cheese is eaten with red wine." Beware of preconceived notions; this cheese and red wine pairing isn't necessarily the best match. You'll see that the wine to pair with the cheese varies greatly depending on the type of cheese. 

Cheeses soft-paste (Camembert, Brie) go well with fruity dry white wines like a sancerrethat of the Domaine Henri Bourgeois will be ideal.

Cheeses pressed cheeses (Cantal, Comté, Beaufort) go rather well with red wines Pinot Noir type from Alsace for Cantal and oaky white wines Or yellow wines for the county.

And finally, the cheeses blue cheese (Roquefort, bleu, Gorgonzola) go well with sweet red wines like the Maury, for example, that of Maison Mas Amiel. The Sauternes will also be excellent with this type of cheese. Château Sigalas Rabaud will charm you with its 1st Cru ClasséDelicious!

A gaping, log-like finale

We are all eagerly awaiting it… the famous Yule log! It is she who comes to conclude this fabulous meal.

To accompany the Yule log, choose a wine that combines candy And gluttony. For a chestnut or praline yule log, opt for the Champagne Laurent Perrier and its Cuvée Brut Pink.

If you propose a vanilla yule log, THE Alsatian Riesling will be the most suitable, we suggest la cuvée Selection of Vieilles Vignes of Domaine Trimbach.

For a coffee or chocolate yule logThe perfect alliance will be with a naturally sweet wine like a MauryWe recommend the elegant 20-year-old of Mas Amiel.

Let's drink one last time.

To end on a high note, nothing beats a beautiful haircut ChampagneWe suggest a Champagne Brut To conclude the festivities, raise a glass to the elegant Champagne Deutz, An unmissable vintage that will seduce you with its finesse. Carte d'Or Brut of the Drappier House is also an interesting vintage to finish a meal on a gourmet note thanks to its peach aromas and its brioche notes.

Our final suggestion is the Champagne Bonnet-Ponson and its Cuvée Perpétuelle, a new addition to the catalog! Ideal for the end of a meal, this Champagne will captivate you with its unique identity and fruity deliciousness.

These three Champagnes are truly exceptional. favorites of the team CavissimaWe hope the same will be true for you! We hope our proposals have met your expectations; in the meantime, please feel free to visit our website for more information. buy your wines.

The entire Cavissima team wishes you happy holidays and an excellent tasting experience!