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Peking Duck
Peking duck is crisp, fatty skin and tender meat rolled in pancakes with sweet hoisin, spring onion and cucumber, so the wine needs acidity to cut the fat, fruit to meet the hoisin and only soft tannin. A silky, red-fruited red leads. Avoid firm tannin and heavy oak.
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