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Question: Wine pairing for pinot noir or cabernet franc?

(Posted by: Snoop28 on 2009-10-11 21:51:55)

What is a simple dessert I could pair either a Pinot Noir or Cabernet Franc with? Got a date and Im trying to figure it out. Anything specific though? Hmm... any other red wines go well with some sort of dessert then? The girl I have a date with prefers red so I am trying to make that work. Ive got some goot Bordeaux wines, as well as cabernet sauvignon and some sangiovese

Posted by: culinarymastermind on 2009-10-11, 21:56:34

Something savory, that's for sure. Anything sweet will make the wine taste atrocious. Ashley doesn't know what she's talking about. Burgundy produces a lot of Pinot Noir wines and they produce many GREAT wines. As for an actual dessert…I don't know, look up savory dessert on google. I looked for ya but wasn't too successful, maybe you'll have better luck. The best advice I can give you? Don't serve either of those with dessert. If you want to impress your date, go buy a couple champagne flutes and a bottle of champagne (actual champagne, not just any sparkling wine, doesn't have to be expensive). The upside of this? What a lot of people don't know is Champagne is meant to go with everything. Seriously, everything! No matter what you make for dessert, the Champagne WILL pair well with it. The sweeter the dessert, the sweeter the Champagne you should buy. On the bottle, sec means sweet and brut means dry. Go for a sec or a demi sec and you shouldn't have to worry about anything. Well, basically any sweet wine would be okay. I tend to think of Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc as dry wines, but that's partly because when I drink reds, they're just about always dry. Any sweet wine would work. Gamay might work well, it's a lighter wine. Just stay away from the dry wines and try to pair the fruit flavors in the wine with the flavors in your dessert (that is, if you use fruit). To be honest, I'm confused about some of the answers. My question is wouldn't a drier champagne being served with a sweet dessert make the champagne taste too dry (bitter, astringent, etc.)? If you have sweet on your palate and then taste something that is supposed to be sweet, you will perceive it as much less sweet. In other words, take a bite of the sweet dessert, take a drink of champagne, it will taste drier than it would if you were drinking it by itself. Also, if you drink a drier/ spicier wine with dessert to "offset " the sweetness in the dessert, I don't see how you will get much of a balance. The dry wine will be strong and even drier, and the dessert will taste even sweeter than it did before. How does pairing a sweet dessert with a dry wine work? If you look at dessert wines, they are all sweet wines. I'm pretty sure a dry wine with a sweet dessert would not work very well.

Posted by: ashley on 2009-10-11, 22:08:45

Just to break it to you, pinot wines are the cheapest common wines out there. This is why you commonly see bottles of Pinot Noir in black family cupboards (they don't have wine cellars like white families). So if you are going to use that wine, you should pair it with a slice of watermelon.

Posted by: Golden on 2009-10-11, 22:29:13

These wines are not suited to dessert, they are sweet and sweeter. need to offset the sweetness with something savory or spicy. paired with dessrt expect a sugar overload.

Posted by: Brian on 2009-10-12, 08:31:18

Reds go with chocolates, usually. If you're not going overboard on the price, try the pairing first or hit a nice wine store to ask for good red+ dessert pairs. Avoid fruits other than citrus, especially really juicy fruits. Citrus will hold up to fruity reds, watermelon and other fleshy fruits will clash badly. Anything with a lot of whipped cream is out as well. Cab Franc is a powerful, dry red. Maybe some kind of cheesecake, something with no fruit and a lot of dark chocolate. That gets you some cheese bite and sweetness plus the bitter chocolate to compliment the flavor.

Posted by: றaறour ø♥ø on 2009-10-12, 09:05:50

Red wines do not pair well with deserts.It is for a meal. As suggested Champagne would suit better but not a sweet one to offset the sweet in desserts.A brut Champagne is fine. You could have some sweet white wine ? but that would be a personal taste. If she know anything about wines ? she will know that reds do not go with desserts. After eating with a good Bordeaux you need to change the taste of the wines served. Offer her wine for the meal.A Bordeaux, you cannot go wrong. In my country France.we drink Champagne with deserts. Not sure on your culinary talent ? here are some french desserts : allrecipes.com/ Recipes/ World-Cuisine/ Europe/ France/ Desserts/ Main.aspx