VinoLoverIt is no secret that cheese and wine go hand in hand. However, we don’t always know which cheeses go best with which wines. Here we offer you a selection of our sommeliers’ ideal wine and cheese pairings, which will not disappoint you.
1. Compté Cheese with Jura Wines
A great pairing for French Compté cheese are light, dry wines from the Jura, aged under a veil of flor to prevent oxidation. A great example is the aged white wine Domaine de la Pinte Arbois Savagnin 2015 from the Domaine de la Pinte winery.
It is a deep and mineral wine, with a 13.5% alcohol content. It is made from 100% Savagnin, from a spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts and aged for 42 months in old foudres of 5,200 litres.
2. Parmesan or Grana Padano Cheese with Manzanilla
As these are salty cheeses, we moved to the south of Spain, Jerez, to find their ideal partner. With a touch of saltpetre, nothing better than a manzanilla. A great example is the fortified wine Manzanilla Pasada en Rama Pastora from Bodegas Barbadillo.
With 93 Parker Points and 93 Peñín Points, 100% Palomino Fino, 15% alcohol, biological ageing for 9 years using the criaderas and soleras system in American oak casks and bottled unfiltered.
3. Goat cheeses with Sauvignon Blanc Wines
Cheeses made from raw goat’s milk, such as Crottin de Chavignol or Betara from the Pyrenees go perfectly with single-varietal Sauvignon Blanc white wines, such as the non-crianza white wine Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc 2019 from the Domaine Vacheron winery in the Loire region.
This is a biodynamic wine with 12.5% alcohol, made from spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts, bottled without filtering or fining.
4. Blue cheeses with Riesling wines
Blue cheeses, such as Stilton, are an ideal match for semi-dry white wines, ideally made from the Riesling variety, as they serve to counteract the strong saltiness of the cheese.
A good choice is the non-crianza white wine Ratzenberger Steeger St. Jost Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken 2008 from the Weingut Ratzenberger winery, with an alcohol content of 11%.
5. Sheep Cheese with Lanzarote Wines
Zamorano-style hard cheeses made from sheep’s milk are ideal with volcanic soil wines from the Lanzarote area, such as the non-crianza white wine Rofe Blanco 2019 from the Puro Rofe winery.
A light and crisp wine, with 12.5% alcohol, made from a blend of Diego, Listán Blanco and Malvasía. It undergoes spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts, ageing for 8 months on lees in stainless steel tanks and bottled without fining or filtering.
6. Testun al Barolo with Piedmont Red Wine
Testun al Barolo is a very special cheese, typical of Cuneo, with red grape skins on the outer rind. It is a cheese that matches perfectly with a wine from Piedmont, Italy, such as the young red organic wine Principiano Ferdinando Langhe Fresia Chila 2015. It is a fruity and juicy wine, with 13.5% alcohol and spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts.
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