The same wines will match bittersweet chocolate and semisweet chocolate. Bittersweet chocolate can have bitter, roasted, fruity, earthy, woodsy, ashy and/or nutty notes. The most intense, richly-flavored dark chocolate is 70% to 100% cacao. Start with our 40+ food glossaries or your favorite category of food. Visit other areas of for learning materials in other food areas.
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We’ll update this list from time to time, so please tell us about your favorite chocolate and wine pairings. It’s an eye-opening and memorable experience. If you are in the neighborhood, do partake of the wonderful sommelier-conducted chocolate and spirits pairings. Nowhere is this better done than in New York City at the Michel Cluizel chocolate salon. The more you know the nuances of your chocolates, the more you can match them to wines or spirits that have similar characteristics. Or, if you know your chocolate has a dark roast or naturally smoky flavors, think “smoky” and you might head for a single malt Scotch. Leave the big, structured wines for food pairings (or to enjoy alone), and look for the lighter-bodied and fruitier wines that complement the fruitiness that is natural to most chocolate. It’s important to recall that any wine variety-Cabernet Sauvignon, for example-offers a broad spectrum of choices, from light-bodied wines to heavy hitters. There’s too much to taste and over time, one’s own preferences will evolve as well. The fun part of building lists like the one below is that pairing decisions don’t have to be made in a day-in fact, they can’t be. Poster available at Nancy Steinbock Posters. Instead, look for a Banyuls from top producers like Domaine de la Rectorie, Domaine du Mas Blanc, Domaine la Tour Vieille or Le Cellier des Templiers. Banyuls is considered by many experts to be the perfect wine match for chocolate. Experts will note that this quaint poster advertises a quinine-flavored Banyuls that was once popular as a digestif-and an old-fashioned style that isn’t around much anymore, and not a good match for chocolate.
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