An Auvergne Menu
Menu £75.00 pp incl. wines
Aperitif: Floc de Gascogne
Canapes: Comte & Walnut Sables
To Start
Various Charcuterie with Rillettes, Terrine de Campagne With Cornichons, Caperberries & Poilâne
Wine: Chateau Bouscassé, Gascony, SW France 100% Petit Corbu grape.
Alain Brumont’s wines are always well structured and full of interesting flavours. This has a fresh citrus zesty taste with exotic tropical flavours and a hint of honey.
Main course
Coufidou with Aligot: Rich Daube of Beef with Mashed potato mixed with Tomme Fraîche, Vichy Carrots & Spinach
Wine: Chateau Beaulieu La Cuvee de l’Oratoire 1999, Marmande, Lot et Garrone, nr Bordeaux
In true Bordelais style using Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon, Merlot as dominant vines (all aged 40 plus years) with Syrah, Malbec and Abouriou grapes featuring. Deliciously dense and fruity with spice and chocolate. A perfect wine for robust meat dishes.
A Cheese Plate
Perail, Languedoc (sheep’s milk)
Cantal Lagioule, Auvergne (cow’s milk)
St Nectaire, Auvergne (cow’s milk)
Fourme d’Ambert, Auvergne (cow’s milk)
Served with Wet walnuts, Grapes & Wheat Wafers
Dessert
Tart of Prunes soaked in Armagnac
Wine: Pacheranc de Vendemiaire 100% Petit Manseng grape. Barrique aged dessert wine with a sweet spicy taste, rich in glycerine silky texture & the scent of harvest fruits.
Le Piantagioni Coffee & Milly le Foret Mint Tea
Offered with a digestif of Armagnac or Calvados
