No wine sauce for beef tenderloin?

[FeChef]

Due to the weather, I cant get new wine for a sauce. Also my area is in a state of emergency so local grocery is closed. I know i should have planned ahead, but I actually thought i had a bottle of marsala and red wine in the cabinet. Turns out all I have is 3/4 of a bottle of Chianti that has been in the fridge for probably a month. I had used a cup of it for a bolognese and put the cap back on and stuck it in the fridge.

Would it still work for a wine sauce reduction, if not why? Would it make the sauce sour? Could it be salvaged with sugar?

And also, if using the wine is not feasible, does anyone have any other suggestions?

I dont have mushrooms, so thats out.

I do have golden raisins,pink lady apples,apple cider. But those ingredients i usually use for a sauce for pork.

Help

[Plantes Vertes]

Horseradish cream

Chimichurri

Bearnaise

Compound butter

[gfweb]

If the chianti tastes ok it ought to be OK.

I keep those airplane-sized bottles of wine in the cabinet for just such situations. Very little chance I'll drink them, but they cook just fine. And they are about a cup, so just right for most recipes. And I don't have to open a new bottle of something drinkable.

[FeChef]

If the chianti tastes ok it ought to be OK.

I keep those airplane-sized bottles of wine in the cabinet for just such situations. Very little chance I'll drink them, but they cook just fine. And they are about a cup, so just right for most recipes. And I don't have to open a new bottle of something drinkable.

I have never tasted Chianti by itself, so honestly i dont know what it "should" taste like. The Bolognese was excellent though. Wine for drinking i prefer sweet pink wines like Catawaba, or sweet red lambrusco. I know there cheap, but its what i like to drink.

[gfweb]

Pavarotti preferred Lambrusco.

[nickrey]

The wine should be fine for making a sauce. Just try it after making it and adjust to taste as you would with any sauce.

[SylviaLovegren]

Just taste to make sure it hasn't turned to vinegar or developed some weird off flavors. Most likely it's fine and it will taste fine in the sauce.