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Wine and Chocolate Pairing
Wine and Chocolate Pairings
Wine and chocolate can be paired together to create a perfect harmony in your mouth, but when pairing it is important to keep in mind that the wine must be at least as sweet at the chocolate, or one will cancel out the other.
Chocolate can be tricky to pair. We have to first consider sweetness levels, then melting textures, which coat the tongue and finally creaminess which needs to be paired with a wine that shares the same texture. If you are a chocolate fan then the one wine that goes with all styles of chocolate is Moscato d’Asti from Italy. It is a wine you most definitely will want to have in your kitchen at all times.
<p 0in="" class="style=" margin:"=""> <o:p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font color="#000000">Below is a quick and easy wine and chocolate pairing guide that you can use to create your own perfect wine and chocolate pairings</font></span></p> <p></p>
This is the most bitter of the chocolate styles, so we pair this style of chocolate with wines that share a profile of bitter flavours and/or have flavours of dark fruits or berries.
Enjoy with:
Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Bordeaux Blends, Malbec, Late Bottled Vintage Port, Moscato d'Asti, Cabernet Franc Ice Wine
Is sweeter than dark chocolate, so it is best when paired with wines that are more fruit forward in their profiles and have more flavours of juicy red fruits and berries. Milk chocolate can be one of the trickiest styles to pair with because of its easy melting texture and sweetness level.
Enjoy with:
Merlot, Zinfandel, Moscato d'Asti, Beaujolais, Pinot Noir, Late Bottle Vintage Port
The sweetest of the three styles of chocolate, so when pairing the chocolate, we choose wines that are sweeter in profile, so they will harmonize with the chocolate in your mouth.
Enjoy With:
Ice Wine, Sauternes, Demi-Sec Champagne, Tawny Port Styles, Iced Cider, Orange Muscat, Moscato d'Asti
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