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- Bankslady - 11-30-2006
What type of cheese('s) goes with Merlot?
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Bankslady
- Innkeeper - 11-30-2006
Hi Bankslady, and welcome to the Wine Board. Cambazzola or any other gooey/creamy blue cheese matches nicely.
- californiagirl - 12-01-2006
Maybe a nice creamy goat cheese
- brappy - 12-01-2006
Why creamy?
Texture?
What does that have to do with the flavor?
Or are you suggesting creaminess = butter, cream, etc.?
Any hard(texture) cheeses in there?
What about some mild cheeses. maybe a butter-kausse(sp) or even better a beer-kausse?
Really this is a tough question. Some merlots I would suggest one thing and others another. Since we don't know which merlot you're talking about, stay with mild cheeses. Hard or soft. Safer that way....
mark
- Jackie - 12-03-2006
I'd suggest pairing merlot, in general, with a blue cheese like Gorgonzola or a full-flavored cheese like cheddar, Jarlsberg, Gouda or Camembert.