Pinot Country

pairingWashed-rind cheese

Époisses, Soumaintrain, Langres — Burgundy's own cheeses, washed in brine and marc until they smell like a farmyard and taste milder than they smell. The classic local match, and a difficult one: the same wash that makes the rind pungent can flatten a delicate bottle.

Facts

coursecheese
countryFrance
regionBurgundy
confidencelow · updated 2026-09-16

Its kin

regionBurgundyWhose cheese board this is.the vinePinot noirPoured with it locally, and argued about everywhere else.

Sources

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