From Babette's Feast · 1987 · Exact movie pairing
Clos de Vougeot
In the movie
Theatrical
- ~01:21:52 The great red poured with the cailles en sarcophage — 'Clos de Vougeot 1845' — the biggest wine of the night, alongside the dish that moves the General to rise and speak of grace.
Clos de Vougeot 1845 is the film's showstopper pour — a Grand Cru red Burgundy, named with the quail in pastry. The real thing is a collector's wine that runs into the hundreds, so treat the name as aspiration. What you can pour is the same grape and place at an everyday price: a village Bourgogne Pinot Noir from a good négociant — silky, red- fruited, earthy — which captures the spirit of that final, grace-note course without the grand-cru bill. All three above sit around $20.
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