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Scallops with brown butter and hazelnuts
Brown butter is rich and nutty, so the wine needs firm acid to cut it and a nutty, toasted note of its own to meet it. The scallops are sweet and delicate, and tannin, heavy oak and high alcohol all spoil them.
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