About Chicken
Pairing your favourite foods with the right wine can be a very difficult process, despite the fact that there is plenty of information out there on the subject. Most people who have interest in such things know at least a little bit about the subject. For example, basic concepts like pairing red meat with red wine and enjoying lighter, fruitier white wines with desserts are relatively common knowledge. However, more specific information requires a bit of research and understanding. So, the next time you head to
Marks & Spencer for a nice bottle or collection of wine, you might want to look into some pairing advice – it may make your next meal better than you’d ever expect. To help get you started, here are a few brief pieces of advice on pairing wine with chicken dishes.
As a standard, general rule to begin with, chicken dishes tend to be best with white wines, or sparkling wines. In most cases, red wines have deeper and more powerful flavours, and can thus be a bit overpowering in the wrong circumstances. This is why most red meats are paired with red wines – because the flavours can complement each other without one overcoming the other. In general, wine pairing is most successful when there is coexisting, rather than competition, between flavours. So, because chicken dishes tend to be a bit lighter than those based on some other meats, it tends to be recommended that they be paired with white wines.
It is also worth noting that chicken dishes vary greatly from one to the other, and can contain a range of flavours. This means that there is no universal truth as far as which wine goes best with chicken. However, here are a few examples, as noted on
www.matchmywine.com. that can help to get you started as you begin to consider which dishes work with which wines.
- Many chicken dishes tend to be heavily based in herbs, with light vegetable sides. For example, thyme, rosemary and basil are fairly common in lots of chicken preparations. For these, Sauvignon Blanc is recommended, due to its lighter, crisper flavour.
- A lot of people like to emphasize and compliment spicy chicken dishes with sweeter wines. Riesling is a good wine for this, as it has a sweet taste and can help to bring out the spicy flavours.
- There are also exceptions to using white wine with chicken. For example, heavier Italian dishes, like a Chicken Parmesan, require red wines for appropriate balance. Consider a merlot with this sort of dish.
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