Chocolate and champagne: a unique marriage of flavors
Tasting champagne with chocolate is a unique gourmet pleasure. You have to know how to pair these two dishes rich in aromatic complexity but also in varieties in order to delight your taste buds and thus enjoy all the flavors of this marriage created to measure for gourmets. In this article, Fauchon, house of excellence and ambassador of taste, gives you its advice to choose the champagne that you will taste with your chocolate.
Champagne and chocolate: knowing how to combine the nobility of these flavors
Have you ever tasted chocolate with champagne? It is one of the most noble and delicious marriages for your palate. The explosion of flavors will be guaranteed. Indeed, during a snack or at the end of an exquisite meal , a tasting of chocolate accompanied by champagne will have its effect on your guests. The sparkle of champagne and its bubbles will go wonderfully with the sweetness of a dark, white or milk chocolate. Let yourself be surprised by the aromatic richness that this association offers.
Before, this combination seemed daring ; but today it has become common. Working on the subtle sides of cocoa and champagne to find a taste balance between these two dishes is thus essential for your tasting , which will only be more delicious . The diversity of types of chocolate and champagne will allow you to treat yourself by varying the pleasures.
Which champagne to taste with dark chocolate?
Add a touch of indulgence to your Fauchon dark chocolate with a glass of champagne. Highly concentrated in cocoa and sometimes bitter , dark chocolate should be enjoyed with a rather sweet champagne, to counterbalance its character. It will therefore be necessary to move towards a mixture where the two dishes complement each other. Therefore, a rather semi-dry and sweet champagne will do the trick for your tasting: you can therefore opt for the Fauchon brut champagne with floral notes , which will perfectly sweeten your moment of indulgence .
Which champagne to taste with milk chocolate or white chocolate?
To enjoy champagne with milk chocolate or white chocolate, sweeter than dark chocolate, you will have more choices to delight your taste buds. For example, you can opt for a sweet and mild wine , which will be in perfect harmony with the aromas of milk chocolate: why not try Fauchon rosé champagne , this must-have with its senses of sweet spices and wild fruits?
For a more nuanced and daring tasting, the Blanc de Blancs brut Fauchon champagne will do the trick very well, with its composition of Chardonnay including 29% reserve wine, which gives it an aromatic complexity, a freshness and a chalky minerality without equal: the Blanc de Blancs will thus be ideal to accompany and enhance the notes of your sweetest chocolates!
