Match of the week

White peach and blanc de noirs mousse with rosé champagne

Posted by Fiona Beckett (Google+) on July 3 2024 at 11:08

There were a lot of great pairings at the G.H. Mumm dinner I went to in Paris the other night but the most intriguing was the dessert which was served with their RSRV Rosé Foujita

The meal which was devised by 3-starred Michelin chef Sato Hideaki of Ta Vie in Hong Kong was primarily focussed around how the texture of a dish can play with champagne but this last pairing was more about sweetness - or rather the lack of it.

The Rosé Foujita has only 6g of residual sugar but because it's fruitier than most rosé champagnes it was not made uncomfortably tart by being paired with a dessert. Not that the dessert was overly sweet, reflecting more the delicate flavour of white peach. But the accompanying champagne mousse and spun sugar casing were ethereally light which made it the perfect partner for a sparkling wine.

If you haven't the skills to make a similar dessert - and let’s face it which of us has - I think the Foujita could also work with pannacotta and a perfectly ripe white peach or nectarine. It’s also recommended as an accompaniment to beef (rare or raw I’d say) or salmon which really makes it very versatile.

You can buy it from The Whisky Exchange for £69.75 - not cheap but good value. Laurent Perrier rosé is £81.25 and Ruinart’s £89.95

I attended the dinner as a guest of G.H. Mumm.

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