Seared tuna
The wine's spice and red-fruit grip stand up to seared fish.
Our editors write the food pairings for every bottle we review. Grouped by kind of food, the Pinot Meunier pairings come out like this, most frequent first. Each card names the bottle, so you can read the full tasting note before you cook.
33 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with fish
Seared tuna tartare
Saline freshness and red fruit meet raw fish.
Roast turbot
The wine has enough texture and length for a meaty white fish.
Smoked salmon blinis
The high acidity and fine mousse cut the oily fish while the pastry note echoes the blini.
31 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with cheese
Aged Comte
Toasted-nut savour meets the cheese's crystals.
Aged Gouda
Nutty caramel in the cheese meets the wine's autolytic depth.
Aged Gruyere
Savoury autolysis meets nutty cheese.
Aged Sussex hard cheese
Almond and honey in the wine meet the nutty crystalline character of a matured cheese.
Comte
Textural richness and vanilla echo the aged cheese.
Blue cheeses
The producer recommends blue cheeses; sweet against salty is the classic contrast.
30 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with chicken and white meat
Roast chicken with morels
Toast and pine-nut notes echo the roast while acidity lifts the cream sauce.
Roast chicken
Vinous brioche richness meets roasted poultry.
Chicken and morels in cream
Brioche and honey wrap around a creamy sauce; acidity keeps it from cloying.
Chicken with morels
Bottle age brings mushroom and pastry notes that meet the sauce.
25 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with charcuterie and cured meats
Charcuterie
Delicate spice frames cured meats.
Charcuterie board
Wild-strawberry fruit and toast frame cured meats.
Cured ham and melon
Red berry fruit and salt play off each other, and the acidity clears the fat.
Sussex charcuterie
Saline red fruit and bright acidity handle cured pork fat.
24 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with oysters and shellfish
Grilled langoustines
Chalk and depth meet sweet shellfish.
Lobster
Vinous depth and minerality meet sweet shellfish.
Lobster with butter
Red fruit and lees texture stand up to a rich shellfish dish.
Pan-seared scallops
Red apple and brioche match scallop sweetness.
Dressed crab
Vibrant acidity keeps rich brown crab meat lifted.
13 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with vegetables and salads
Oeuf mayonnaise
Saline lift refreshes the creamy egg.
Roast beetroot salad
Earthy sweetness in the beetroot meets the wine's red berry core.
Roast vegetable salad
Albourne recommends it on its own or with food; the minerality suits caramelised vegetables.
12 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with desserts and sweets
Strawberry tart
Wild-strawberry notes echo the dessert fruit.
Gougeres and salted almonds
The estate positions this as an aperitif wine and salty nibbles suit the 5 gram dosage.
Apricot and almond tart
Among the producer's dessert matches, with chocolate cake, caramel log and tarte Tatin.
Raspberry tart
Wild strawberry and rose petal echo the fruit while the wine stays dry.
11 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with duck and goose
Duck breast
Blood-orange lift cuts the fat; spice echoes the crust.
Seared duck
Vinous red fruit and spice meet the duck.
Roast duck breast
Pinot character supports duck.
Duck liver parfait
The oak-aged Pinot component gives the weight richness demands.
Foie gras
The producer's first pairing; the sweetness and fat meet, and the peppery cold edge cuts through.
Roast duck
Ridgeview names duck on the bottle's own pairing list; the pinots carry the fat.
11 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with lamb
Goat cheese
Citrus and chalk balance fresh cheese.
Goat cheese and beetroot salad
Green apple and saline minerality frame fresh lactic tang.
Goat cheese tart
Chalky minerality lifts fresh cheese.
Lamb tagine with dried fruits
Named by the producer; the sweet fruit meets the tagine's dried fruit and spice.
Grilled lamb chops
A deep, structured rose has the weight for charred red meat.
9 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with game
Roast partridge
The most structured wine in the range; game birds need that weight.
Roast pheasant
Spice and toast frame game birds.
Roast quail
Ripe Pinot fruit and biscuit depth suit small game birds.
Pigeon
The producer calls pigeon a great pairing reference.
6 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with mushrooms and truffle
Mushroom risotto
Smoke echoes earthy mushrooms.
Truffled scrambled eggs
Toasty biscuit and richness suit eggs and earthy truffle.
Mushroom Maultaschen
Savoury, earthy dumplings meet a medium-bodied red.
6 Pinot Meunier pairings
Pinot Meunier with pork
Roast pork
Vinous depth and spice meet roast pork.
Porchetta
A Tinwood suggestion, the bubbles cutting roast pork fat.
Roast pork with plums
The wine's own plum and nectarine notes meet the fruit in the dish.
Roast pork with mustard
Medium tannin and body are a comfortable match for a simple roast.
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Where the bottles come from
Pinot Meunier pairings by region
- Sussex (37 bottles), Sussex food pairing
- Champagne (32 bottles), Champagne food pairing
- Baden (3 bottles), Baden food pairing
- Alsace (2 bottles), Alsace food pairing
- Rheinhessen (1 bottle), Rheinhessen food pairing
Pinot Meunier food pairing, FAQ
What food goes with Pinot Meunier?
Across the 75 Pinot Meunier bottles on Cork & Curve, the dishes our editors pair most often are fish, cheese and chicken. For example, our page for Krug Rose from Champagne suggests "Seared tuna": The wine's spice and red-fruit grip stand up to seared fish.
What cheese goes with Pinot Meunier?
Cheeses our editors pair with Pinot Meunier bottles include Aged Comte, Aged Gouda and Aged Gruyere.
What meat goes with Pinot Meunier?
Chicken and white meat is the pairing that comes up most among meats for Pinot Meunier: Roast chicken with morels, Roast chicken and Chicken and morels in cream are among the dishes on our Pinot Meunier bottle pages.