Wine and Chocolate

[marty mccabe]

Hve to echo the banyuls and brachetto rec's. They are borderline classic pairings, both best suited for dark chocolate.

Cheers!

[winewizard]

I agree with Cabernet as a surprisingly good contender, but dessert wines are also a winner. I like Moscato d'Alba. Off-dry, frizznati and low alcohol. My favorite is Sante Steffano at abotu $17 in a beautiful bottle to boot!

[PauloR]

For dark chocolate deserts, if not too sweet , LBV Port wines are the best choise, im my opinion.

[LittleChef22]

I recently attended a wine dinner where the last pairing was a chocolate dessert with a BIG Australian Shiraz.  I will look for my handouts and notes from that dinner and post back if I find the exact name of the wine.  The pairing was stupefyingly good, and was a bit of an epiphany for me personally.  It finally made me "get" the chocolate and red wine thing a bit more clearly.

The port suggestions and the Banyuls and Brachetto are all excellent choices as well.  I'm currently pairing a glass of Brachetto d'Acqui with our Molten Chocolate Torte for dessert and it never fails to cause sensuous noises from the diners.

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I really like Shiraz, so I will have to try this. Please do share the name when you find it.

[teagal]

A Norton is excellent with a 72% chocolate!!

A winery near here has chocolates paired with their wines-3 different percentages paired with 3 different wines.