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| 75 | | | 93 | JaneGarvey | Atlanta | Georgia | USA | What is Valentine’s Day without chocolate? Classically, wine authorities advised against serving wine with chocolate, but we say “Not so fast!” Red wines and chocolate can be—depending what kind of chocolate and on the wine’s tannins—delightful combinations. This fortified Cabernet Sauvignon is an ideal wine for the darkest possible chocolate. With its inky dark ruby color, this full-bodied sweet red wine exudes enticing red fruit and dark chocolate aromas, with a palate pay-off of rich red and dark fruits that get added complexity from decided chocolate notes. The wine is high in alcohol, so it should be served at cool room temperature in small tulip-shaped glasses. This wine can be cellared, but as it’s unfined and unfiltered, it should be decanted before being served at that point. After being opened, if kept corked and cool, the wine should last up to six months, but will evolve and become tawny-like toward the end of that period. So the type of chocolate you choose depends on where the wine is in its evolution. When the bottle is first opened, go with wicked dark chocolate, whether cake, truffles, or dark chocolate ganache-filled chocolates. Creamy blue cheeses should do well, too. As the wine becomes more tawny-like, go with milk chocolate, including caramel-filled, nut-filled, or milk chocolate ganache-filled chocolates. For cheeses, go with a nutty, firm aged cheese, such as Parano, cave-aged Gruyère or well-aged Spanish Manchego.
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National Distributing Co. | 02/01/2009 |
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