What wine with game?
Food and wine pairing · classic benchmarks: the preparation and your taste come first.
Venison, wild boar, pheasant: deep-flavoured meats, often served with a sauce. They need powerful, spicy reds, ideally at maturity: the king pairing for older bottles.
Red
Power, spice and game belong together; a few years of cellaring rounds off the match.
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- Hermitage
- Côte-Rôtie
- Gigondas
- Cornas
- Pomerol
- Bandol
- Amarone della Valpolicella
- Priorat
How to use these pairings
A good pairing balances the dish and the wine: neither should dominate. The suggestions above are proven classics for the category, not rules: the preparation, the sauce and your taste matter more. When in doubt, the regional pairing (the wine from the dish's homeland) rarely fails.
What about your cellar?
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