A PAIRING GUIDE
What wine goes with hard cheese?
Hard Cheese: Red blends.
The short answer
For hard cheese, start with Red blends. The style of the wine, more than the grape, does the work here.
The wines to reach for
- Red blends: layered, structured, cellarable. Home turf: Bordeaux, Rhône, Super Tuscan.
From menus we hold
- Spätzle / Mountain Cheese / Winter Truffle 1400 at Sühring: Barolo Garretti 2020 La Spinetta (2020). A dark cellar, a lit candle, and an old family secret.
- Sesame Cheese Cake with Seasonal Ice Cream at Jade Dragon: Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne, Grand Cru, Blanc de Blancs, Brut, Reims (2012). The pleasure of a meal that takes its time.
The same wines also suit
roasts and stews.
Quick answers
What wine goes with hard cheese?
Red blends. The style of the wine, more than the grape, does the work here.
Red or white wine with hard cheese?
White or sparkling: Red blends.
Pairing logic from the Sommurai pairing engine and the grape facts of our table. Taste is personal: treat this as a starting point.
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