Find a good cheese to have with a Saumur sparkling Rose Sec from Yats Wine Cellars

Several everyday cheeses were paired against a NV Sparkling Rose Sec Ch. De Montgueret Saumur brought out from Yats Wine Cellars Clark Philippines. This is the result of the pairing.

The jury is out and here is the verdict of the tasting of the NV Sparkling Rose Sec Ch. De Montgueret Saumur against these cheeses:

Asiago (Young): This was a good match in both weight and texture, so the initial impression was favorable. However, it didn’t do so well in the finish when the cheese proved to be just a bit too rich for the wine.

Edam: This pairing didn’t work because the Edam lacks the flavor intensity to match the wine’s.

Saint Paulin: worked very well, the slight sweetness of the Rose Sec really helped wake up the cheese and the round texture of the wine married well with the same texture of the cheese.

Raclette: this didn’t work at all, the cheese was too heavy and rich for the wine making the latter almost irrelevant in the matchup.

Camenbert: the dullness of the cheese gave the Sparkling Sec the whole stage but even though there was no clash, it wasn’t much of a pairing either.

Gouda: Pretty good result but not spectacular, with both food and wine going their separate ways, not really arguing but certainly not conversing, so it was an acceptable but not recommended pairing.

Gruyere: Just ok, nothing to really get excited about, no synergy but not a clash either.

The recommended pairing out of the cheese for this pairing were Saint Paulin and Asiago.

Yats also operates a fine-dining wine restaurant called Yats Restaruant and Wine Bar in Clark Philippines www.YatsRestaurant.com. It is located inside the Mimosa Leisure Estate which also houses a 36-hole championship golf club called Mimosa Golf, as well as a casino. Clark is packed with action, so wine shopping aside, there are other meaningful things to spend your time. Yats Restaurant can cook up all sorts of gourmet meals. The chef is from London and the maitre ‘d is from Holland. This is certainly an international outfit.

To get more information about Clark Wine Center or other establishments mentioned here, email Wine@Yats-International.com. The trip from Shanghai is not exactly short but with hundreds of tourists heading down there with plans to purchase vintage wines to bring home, there’s got to be some magic in that 2-storey wine shop.

Public wine tastings are held from time to time in Clark and sometimes in Manila. Tickets range from p500 to p1500 for these themed events that are professionally run -no wine merchants sponsorship, pushy salesmen or tacky banners to ruin the evening. Each ticket contains a certain number of stubs that you can redeem for a tasting pour of a wine of your choice among those on a line-up. Very often, the lineup contains wines that are quite old and expensive. This makes YATS Wine Tasting events the most cost-effective venue to explore new options and expand our knowledge of wine through first-hand encounters.

Wine Seminars have been conducted in the past and may be offered from time to time. These seminars deal with intermediate to advanced subject matters that are aimed at providing useful and practical knowledge for the wine enthusiasts. Topics are focused and treatment, in depth. Most seminars include a guided tasting session after the lecture. This adds “lab” experience to knowledge acquired.

Wine-paired dinners are organized either at Y A T S Restaurant in Clark or in collaboration with other restaurants and organizers. Unlike wine dinners organized by a wine merchant, the wines in Yats wine dinners are not confined to a narrow range of selections. Yats Wine Shops do not need to “push” a narrow range of products like Chilean or Australian wines for example.

Sister company Y A T S Restaurant and Wine Lounge is one of most wine-sensitive fine-dining establishments in Asia. B Y O (Bring Your Own) Wine evenings occur regularly for wine enthusiasts to enjoy their recent finds over a gourmet meal specially crafted to be wine friendly. The wine list of YATS Restaurant is equally impressive and satisfying to the hard-to-please. Mark-up is small and that makes it the friendliest wine restaurant in Asia.

Clark Wine Center 
MA Roxas Ave corner A Bonifacio Ave, Clark Freeport, Pampanga, Philippines 2023
(632) 6375019     0922-870-5173     0917-8268-790

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Philippines Stock Exchange Center (Tektite)
Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Metro Manila, Philippines

Wine@Yats-International.com
(632) 637-5019     0922-870-5173     0917-8268-790
www.YatsWineCellars.com

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