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Duck breast with cherries
Duck breast has a thick layer of fat under a crisp skin, and the cherry sauce is sweet and sharp at once. The wine needs acid to cut the fat and cherry fruit of its own, or the sauce makes it taste thin. Firm tannin turns hard against the sweet fruit.
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