Best Wine With Roast Duck

Duck breast is juicy gamey and flavorful and needs a wine companion that is lighter bodied lightly fruity with good acidity and some earthiness to it a pinot noir is the natural pairing but one with a little mushroomy flavor which pinot noir can get with maturity or earthy sous bois.

Best wine with roast duck. Which wine choosing serving and drinking. If the dish has a touch of asian spicing like crispy duck and pancakes i d go for a lusher pinot like the hahn estate pinot noir 2010 12 99 corks out ocado and 13 99 from wine rack. Confit is prepared through a centuries old preservation process where the duck meat is first cured in salt then.

Light pinot noir the perfect wine with roast duck is a light styled red burgundy also passetoutegrains red with the raspberry cherry fruit flavours of these wines complementing the duck s flavour. Probably the best match of all if you re planning an apple or apple and prune stuffing. Brilliant with duck curries especially thai red curry.

As a result choosing a wine that has good acidity and freshness will help to balance the fat. Especially if the duck is cooked with apples. Duck tends to be a little fatty rich but not as strong as game and either pan fried or roasted.

If the dish is to be accompanied by a fruit sauce such as orange or cherry the wine should be chosen to complement the sauce. Duck confit is one of the french classic dishes popular all across france but particularly so in the south west where it is a staple of traditional cuisines together with foie gras duck liver see wine pairing for it further down below. Goose is actually the traditional english bird for christmas dinner while duck can offer heaps of flavour without giving you weeks of leftovers if there is a smaller gathering around the table.

If you d rather serve a white with duck an off dry german spätlese or other late harvest riesling can be a delicious pairing. Fruity and smoky aromas will pair well with the meat flavors. Roasted duck and barolo.

The drawback is that your guests may well expect a red but there s no reason why you can t serve both. Pairings matches for 4765 foods recipes and 1635 wines from 23 countries. A roasted duck tends to bring out deeper flavors which is why barolo works thanks to moderate tannins and pleasing fruity and herbal notes.