A PAIRING GUIDE
What wine goes with roast pork?
Roast Pork: Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc.
The short answer
For roast pork, start with Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc. Why it works: high acidity cleans the palate and cuts richness, so each bite of roast pork tastes fresh again.
The wines to reach for
- Cabernet Franc: medium body, raspberry, bell pepper. Cabernet Franc is full-bodied, with firm tannin and fresh acidity, finishing dry. A little oak is common. Home turf: Loire (Chinon), Bordeaux Right Bank.
- Chenin Blanc: honey & quince, racy acid. Chenin Blanc is medium-bodied, with almost no tannin and high, racy acidity, with a touch of ripe sweetness. It is usually made with little or no oak. Home turf: Vouvray, Savennières, Swartland.
Where to look
Good places to find these styles include Pauillac, Pomerol, Saumur and Savennières.
From menus we hold
- Pork chop at CORE by Clare Smyth: Pinot Noir Mature Vine, Rippon Central Otago (2020). A red-cherry sunset over a quiet vineyard.
- Lychee Wood Roasted Barbecue Iberico Pork Collar with Kumquat at Jade Dragon: Craggy Range, Te Muna, Pinot Noir (2023). Forest floor after rain, and a whisper of rose petals.
- Lychee Wood Roasted Iberico Pork Spareribs (4 Pieces) at Jade Dragon: Craggy Range, Te Muna, Pinot Noir (2023). Light as a thought, and just as hard to put down.
- Lychee Wood Roasted Iberico Pork Spareribs at Jade Dragon: Weingut Bründlmayer, Reserve, Pinot Noir (2019). A silk ribbon tied loosely around something worth waiting for.
- Deep-fried Crab Meat with Pork Lard and Black Truffle at Jade Dragon: Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne, Grand Cru, Blanc de Blancs, Brut (2012). A table set, a room warming, a night ahead.
The same wines also suit
mushroom tart, charcuterie, thai curry and comté.
Quick answers
What wine goes with roast pork?
Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc. high acidity cleans the palate and cuts richness, so each bite of roast pork tastes fresh again.
Red or white wine with roast pork?
Both work: Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc.
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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