From The Taste of Things · 2023 · Pairing
A Burgundy for the Table
Serve when
Pour it as the pot-au-feu's broth course lands — the cellar of a Loire gourmet opened for the table he loves.
What to drink
Dodin's table is a French gourmet's table circa 1889, and its wines flow through every dinner — poured, appraised, discussed like guests. The honest pairing is a red Burgundy: Pinot Noir with the earth and silk to meet beef broth, marrow, and long-simmered vegetables without raising its voice. Serve it just cool, decanted, and keep pouring through the courses.
What to drink
Pinot Noir against pot-au-feu is the old French equation — delicacy against depth. The film's kitchen would accept nothing louder.
Ingredients
Method
- Decant half an hour before the broth course.
- Pour with the meats; refill with the marrow toast.
- Discuss the wine as if it were a person. In this house, it is.