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Perfectly Paired, Wonderfully French. A perfectly paired French box, filled with some of the best products we have found along our French food adventures. The best foodie gift. Tasting and pairing notes will have you learning and discussing whilst you enjoy. Designed for 2-4 people.

WINE
DOMAINE MABY, VARIATIONS 2019, CÔTES DU RHÔNE

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Name: Georges Darriaud, Côtes Du Rhône Villages, 2020

ABV: 14%

Grape: Grenache, Syrah

Country and Region: Rhône, France 

Winemaking: High Environmental Value, Organic, Sustainable

Tasting
Tasting notes of Blackberries, Bramble fruits, Spice, Vanilla Oak 

This Côtes Du Rhône is a full-bodied red and an excellent example of a value Côtes Du Rhône. It's rich and smooth on the palate and holds its fruit flavours for a lovely long finish. 

CHEESE I
MEULE DE ALPES

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Country + Region: France, Savoie
Milk Type: Cows
Pasteurised: No
Strength Of Cheese: 3
Style Of Cheese: Hard
Texture: 4

Taste & Pairing: Hard cheeses are a dream to pair with most wines. They can stand up to strong wines and enhance delicate ones. Here the intensity of the Côtes du Rhône enhances the smooth and fruity flavours of the Meule de Savoie, without being overpowering.

Ingredients
Unpasteurised cows milk, salt, rennet

Producer
Meule de Alpes is a from the same family as Gruyère. It’s a cooked pressed hard cheese.

The taste is smooth and fruity and becomes stronger as it ages. Maturing period is around 10 to 12 months.

CHEESE II
TOMME DE SAVOIE

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Country + Region: France, Savoie
Milk Type: Cow
Pasteurised: No
Strength Of Cheese: 3
Style Of Cheese: Hard
Texture: 3

Taste & Pairing: This cheese is rich, fudgy and earthy. A true tomme, separating itself from the rise of its industrialised counterparts. A cut of this tomme with the fruity wine with its vanilla finish is a match made in heaven.

Ingredients
Unpasteurised cows milk, salt, lactic ferments

Producer
From Affineur Joseph Paccard. This is a true Tomme de Savoie, from a time before the rise of industrialised cheesemaking.

Redolent of a woody wonderland, this is a cheese of great structure and complexity.

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CHEESE III
SAINT MARCELLIN

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Age: 4 – 5 weeks
Country + Region: France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Milk Type: Cow
Pasteurised: No
Strength Of Cheese: 3
Style Of Cheese: Soft-ripened
Texture: 2

How Its Made
Matured for 4 to 5 weeks, it has delicate milky flavours.

Our Saint Marcellin is a farmhouse production: the cattle graze on the farm and are fed with locally produced fodder in winter, giving the milk rich, buttery and vegetal flavours.
Beneath the delicate bloomy rind, there is a glossy white cheese with a meltingly-soft texture and creamy, slightly tangy and savoury flavours. It is both simple and delicious.

Producer
The Fromagerie de l’Étoile du Vercors works with nearly 70 dairy producers in the area, including about fifty under IGP for the production of Saint-Marcellin IGP.

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CHARCUTERIE
SAUCISSON SEC

Tasting
Produced by a partner in France that has been making Saucissons as a family for 60 years.

This saucisson sec has been produced to traditional standards with higher animal welfare pork for a truly delectable flavour.

Pairing
We pair our charcuterie by country, so here we’ve chosen a delicious truffle saucisson.

Producer
Our partners in France are based 2 hours north of Toulouse in the bastide town of villefranche de Rouergue.

We work exclusively with French higher welfare pork and use traditional methods used in the south of France to produce our unique Saucisson Secs.

CHOCOLATE
PANCRACIO ARTISAN CHOCOLATE

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The classic pairing of rich milk chocolate, zesty orange and crunchy almonds. Terry move over. Pancracio selects the best cocoa beans from the most exclusive harvesting estates and create their chocolate by enhancing the characteristics that render them unique. *Chocolate flavour may vary*

Tasting
Milk chocolate with candied orange peel has a creamy and crunchy texture thanks to the beautifully roasted Marcona almonds. The perfect sweet treat.

Producer
Pancracio is a Spanish artisan luxury chocolate company originating in Cadiz, Spain. Founded in 2003 by Pedro Alvarez who had a dream of making chocolate of the highest quality. Alvarez has an unmistakable passion for good taste and a keen eye for the aesthetics which can be admired in the brand's beautiful packaging. One of their main goals has always been to create original products with personality, simplicity and elegance. Alvarez was inspired to start a chocolate brand because his grandmother would make him and his siblings bread with chocolate. He called the company ‘Pancracio’, as the name alludes to something vintage, traditional and elegant. He wanted the brand to carry a retro image while at the same time evoking something clean and modern. 

In 2017, Alvarez sold Pancracio to Valencian investors, but his original vision of the brand remains intact. The product keeps its clean yet vintage identity. They also keep their commitment to quality. The company offers unique artisanal chocolate flavours such as crunchy chocolates, chocolate covered nuts, chocolate with salted chips and raspberry and roses chocolate to name a few. They put a keen focus on the originality of their products and a commitment to the finest quality chocolate.

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MILLERS CRACKERS
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Millers crackers are creamy, crunchy and wheaty. Made by artisan producers in Ashbourne, England.

Tasting
Miller’s is a range of crackers to partner cheese, pâté and dips, created with honest values and an emphasis on the goodness of natural ingredients.

Producer
Miller's is a long-standing family baker based in Derbyshire Peak District, in a national park. They started over 100 years ago and in that time the way they make their biscuits has barely changed. They use the same bronze rollers and biscuit molding method that has been used for decades. They use only the best quality natural ingredients in everything they bake.

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