Comte cheese and Lynx Viognier

On our wine trip to South Africa we went to a food and wine pairing event at Katinka's place. That turned out to be a 5 hour long lunch with a drop of wine on top. One of her recommendations with one of our favourite french cheese , Comte, was a Condrieu or Viognier which is the grape in Condrieu.

So one hot summer evening in Paris we tried to match the local market's 4 year old Comte(!) with the young Lynx Viognier (his first white and no longer in stock) and what can we say other than it was perfect although the younger versions of the Comte is probably an even better match.

Thanks again to Lynx for this lovely fresh floral Viognier, just rightly balanced without a too heavy and hedonistic Viognier smell (apricot, flowers, pineapple) Great stuff again! Around 7€! Yet another bargain!

Comte, 1st AOP. cheese in France

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