Chiantiis a dark ruby red wine from Sangiovese grapes with tart cherry flavor. This wine is from Chianti area of Tuscany and fragrant with violets, cherries, and little bit of earthy spice. It is dry, very hard, medium bodied, moderately bitter and biting wine. When you buy chianti Classico, it holds 80% of Sangiovese grapes and 20% of other red grapes.
Food paring:
Chianti Classico has and acidic taste which makes it well-matched with food. Its bitter and sour taste makes it suitable for rich fatty dishes and tomato sauce. Moreover, it’s dry and hard tendency makes it more compatible with olive oil and highly rich pieces of meat.
Pasta:Vino chianti biologico and a bowl of pasta is an exquisite combination. It involves all the food items that set best with Chianti’s wine like meat, spaghetti, pepper, olive oil and cheese. Paring Chianti wine with pasta is a main dish in America.
Pizza Margherita: This is one of the classic dishes with Chianti wine. The flavor of cheese, basil and tomato will never clash with the moderate acidity of this wine.
Lasagna:Chianti wine is an absolute complement for Lasagna. The perfect taste of tomato sauce and meat stand up well with the acidity of Tuscany wine.
Roasted Lamb leg:The lamb leg is marinated in traditional herb and spice. This spicy lamb leg pair well with Chianti wine.
Cioppino:Cioppino is a seafood stew. It’s a combination of both tomato sauce and seafood. This dish makes perfectly great combination with Chianti.
Others:In short dishes having component of red sauce paired well with Chianti wine. Chicken and pork dishes go great with this wine. The Chianti wine is prepared in a moderate and lighter style, so a light meat is a good choice.