Chocolate and wine pairings: how to choose?
The holidays are approaching and so are the great chocolate and wine tastings. It's time to treat yourself and share unforgettable moments with loved ones. However, for a successful tasting, you need to know how to match the complexity of the chocolate aromas with those of the wine. In this article, Fauchon explains everything you need to know to successfully pair chocolate and wine.
Tasting Fauchon chocolates, a guarantee of quality
Fauchon chocolates represent the very spirit of unrivaled pleasure and French luxury chocolate. Thus, the spirit of our house aims to make your chocolate tasting an intense and unforgettable moment, and to let you be carried away by the scents of our exceptional cocoa worked with finesse by our chefs.
Each bite of our chocolate will transport you to the Fauchon universe for moments of pure happiness and pleasure. Chocolate also represents the pleasure of giving and being together. This is why during the holidays, it is always so enjoyable to taste Fauchon chocolates, especially its collection of 54 bites with 20 bold recipes, which bring out the taste of cocoa with delicacy.
To accompany your Fauchon chocolates, you can also opt for a good glass of wine, provided that it goes perfectly with the taste of the chocolate. To do this, you will need to pay attention to several parameters: do you want to taste dark, milk or white chocolate? Red, white or rosé wine?
Wine and dark chocolate pairings
To enjoy your dark chocolate with the wine that will best highlight its flavors, a sweet wine or a sweet wine will be perfect to bring sweetness to the intensity of the dark chocolate. Here are some examples of wines to taste to enhance your dark chocolate:
- Rivesaltes Muscat, with its fruity and intense aromas, is perfect for balancing the power of cocoa in dark chocolate.
- Maury , a naturally sweet wine, rich and silky, ideally highlighting the complexity of cocoa.
- A wine from the Grenache grape variety, for a powerful pairing with dark chocolate.
- A well-concentrated Merlot like the Fronsac from Château Bozelle, which will harmonize well with the intense cocoa notes thanks to its woody aromas.
- If your chocolate is rich in cocoa, you can go for a more tannic wine: a Côtes du Rhône, a Bandol, a Château Salettes … Which will not lack elegance to accompany the excellence of Fauchon chocolate.
- You can also opt for sweeter wines, which will highlight the rich aroma of your dark chocolate: a Sauternes, a Monbazillax, a Vouvray, a Jurançon …
- Dare to try Port! This alcohol is well-known for its perfect pairing with dark chocolate. At once powerful, sweet and mild, port will perfectly complement the aromatic notes of dark chocolate.
Wine and milk chocolate pairings
Milk chocolates also pair very well with wine. For a good pairing, you should go for fruity wines:
- Tawny : these ports with aromas of dried fruits, coffee and cocoa will be ideal to accompany your tasting of milk chocolate.
- Zinfandel : These tannin-rich wines with a spicy, raspberry aftertaste will add the leathery, fruity edge your milk chocolate tasting is missing.
- Sauvignon : that of Domaine de Villargeau will pair divinely with your milk chocolate, giving it an unrivaled touch of freshness.
Wine and white chocolate pairings
White chocolates, which are not bitter but are sweeter, will be perfect to taste with dry wines . This will give them an unparalleled aromatic plus. You can therefore opt for:
- Sauternes: these Bordeaux wines, very well balanced between aromas of fruit, citrus and honey, will be an ideal complement to your white chocolate tasting and will give it panache.
- Rieslings : these very aromatic wines will enhance your white chocolate with their richness in tannins . Dry and tasty, Rieslings are white wines that will bring the perfect balance to your white chocolate tasting.
