Holiday Meals Around Champagne With Chanoine Héritage

Reims, December 2020

Champagne is not just for the appetizer or dessert course! In fact it's the ideal accompaniment to a holiday meal, from start to finish... especially if the food-and-wine pairings are chosen to be in harmony with Christmas and New Year's cuisine.

For your family meals around a beautifully set table, here are two Chanoine Héritage menus designed to ideally accompany the Brut and Blanc de Noirs cuvées. Isabelle Tellier, Chef de Cave of the House of Chanoine and a lover of fine cuisine, has composed them especially for your Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve holiday meals.

Chanoine Héritage Brut for a champagne Christmas Eve

Cuvée Brut de Chanoine Héritage is a well structured, youthful and generous champagne.Its blend includes the best Chardonnay, Meunier and Pinot Noir crus.

Its brilliant gold color sets off a delicate, lasting mousse. The nose is delicate and the palate ample and lively. Héritage Brut is best served at between 10° and 12°C.

Starter

Mango Tatin with foie gras

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Main course

Shrimp risotto

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Dessert

Poached pears with crispy lace crêpe biscuits and kumquat coulis

Find the Chanoine Frères Réserve Privée cuvées at your favorite dealer's and at the Chanoine Frères online store.

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Chanoine Héritage Blanc de Noirs: Tradition at its best

Chanoine Héritage Blanc de Noirs is a rich and unctuous champagne, well structured and robust. It is made exclusively with red grapes with white pulp — a blend of 65% Pinot Noir and 35% Pinot Meunier. Héritage Blanc de Noirs is a robust champagne that goes perfectly with substantial dishes. It should be drunk at between 10°C and 12°C.

Starter

Poultry meat pie with foie gras

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Main course

Stuffed roast capon

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Dessert

Coffee-flavored Yule-log cake