DISQUS

RichardA · 2 years ago

I generally enjoy chocolate, and chocolate based desserts, with certain dessert wines. The dessert wines though have to be made from dark red wines such as syrah or monastrell. One particular favorite is the Senorio de Barahonda Bellum El Remate, a Spanish dessert wine made from Monastrell. I have once or twice had Ports with chocolate as well. The pairing worked very well but I cannot recall the type of Port that it was.

Bill · 2 years ago

I just fnished my once a year box of Neuhaus chocolates. It only took five days, as my self-control seems to be slipping! Each day after dinner the chocolate was paired with a different red wine, primarily Spanish Grenache blends and one California Pinot Noir. I love wine with great chocolate.

RichardA · 2 years ago

I generally enjoy chocolate, and chocolate based desserts, with certain dessert wines. The dessert wines though have to be made from dark red wines such as syrah or monastrell. One particular favorite is the Senorio de Barahonda Bellum El Remate, a Spanish dessert wine made from Monastrell. I have once or twice had Ports with chocolate as well. The pairing worked very well but I cannot recall the type of Port that it was.

Jeff Cleveland · 2 years ago

Speaking of chocolate pairing I had a Banfi Rosa Regale Brachetto d' Acqui yesterday with a Bittersweet Dark Chocolate with 70% Cocoa. The red fruit in the wine brought out a fruity quality in the chocolate and it was amazing. It was so delicious. I'll have to try it with Port and if you ever see the Banfi, give it a try.

Jeff Cleveland · 2 years ago

Speaking of chocolate pairing I had a Banfi Rosa Regale Brachetto d' Acqui yesterday with a Bittersweet Dark Chocolate with 70% Cocoa. The red fruit in the wine brought out a fruity quality in the chocolate and it was amazing. It was so delicious. I'll have to try it with Port and if you ever see the Banfi, give it a try.

Dr. Debs · 2 years ago

I love Brachetto with bittersweet chocolate, Jeff! Great pairing. OK, to answer this post, I went and made some Valrhona Chocolate pudding (71% bittersweet). Am going to go open a Warre Warrior Ruby Port. Stay tuned. I'll be back with results. Thanks, Ryan, for putting me on a mission...

Dr. Debs · 2 years ago

I love Brachetto with bittersweet chocolate, Jeff! Great pairing. OK, to answer this post, I went and made some Valrhona Chocolate pudding (71% bittersweet). Am going to go open a Warre Warrior Ruby Port. Stay tuned. I'll be back with results. Thanks, Ryan, for putting me on a mission...

Dr. Debs · 2 years ago

OK, sorry for the delay. The ruby port was excellent with the bittersweet chocolate pudding. The textures as well as the flavors worked nicely with each other. However, I can certainly see that milk chocolate would not have been the thing AT ALL. You needed that dark, slightly sweet richness of the port to have a dark, almost tannic foil and the dark chocolate provided it.

Dr. Debs · 2 years ago

OK, sorry for the delay. The ruby port was excellent with the bittersweet chocolate pudding. The textures as well as the flavors worked nicely with each other. However, I can certainly see that milk chocolate would not have been the thing AT ALL. You needed that dark, slightly sweet richness of the port to have a dark, almost tannic foil and the dark chocolate provided it.

Ryan · 2 years ago

Thanks debs for the idea! Also I agree with both of you Brachetto is great for chocolate. Though I'm sad we didn't get more ideas from our readers! Oh well, now we're thinking of what will be good with Cava...

Ryan Opaz · 2 years ago

Thanks debs for the idea! Also I agree with both of you Brachetto is great for chocolate. Though I'm sad we didn't get more ideas from our readers! Oh well, now we're thinking of what will be good with Cava...

BillyD · 1 year ago

This is an older post, but I'll add my two cents. I love tawny ports with dark chocolate. In fact, I'm having some Reynella 12 year tawny paired with Ghirardelli dark chocolate with espresso beans right now. This is my favorite way to wind down in the evening.

BillyD · 1 year ago

This is an older post, but I'll add my two cents. I love tawny ports with dark chocolate. In fact, I'm having some Reynella 12 year tawny paired with Ghirardelli dark chocolate with espresso beans right now. This is my favorite way to wind down in the evening.