This is a simple dish without a lot pretenses; in other words, “it is what is and nothing more.” With a meal that character, you want a good wine to accompany your dining pleasure, besides your husband, wife or whatever. I want to remind you that if you feel “a need” to spend a fortune on an uber wine as your dining companion then by all means do so. If no one’s looking get a good solid bottle of red that will cosy up to you, sit in your lap and whisper sweet nothings for a far more reasonable price. For a moment, just think of yourself as being in City of Lights as you stroll down one of the avenues, you stop and read the menu or the special of the day scratched in pencil. It looks like it might be delicious indeed and you peer inside; almost a full house with waiters bustling about putting new table clothes down here, setting plates laden with food there, opening wine and everyone, almost to a Parisian, seems to be having the special: Le Poule Sauté Chasseur and washing it down with a red wine and a smile. You push open the doors, spot a seat in the far corner. The waiter tells you there is only one more serving of the special left as he places a wine glass on the table and suggests a Chinon for tonight’s meal. You agree. You look at the happy customers, watch the waiters serving the food, smell the aromas from the kitchen and listen to the music as you become part of the picture you’ve just painted.
Les Vins de Sélection