And this, in my view, is the best type of sauvignon blanc to drink with globe artichokes. They also pair well with cheeses flavoured with garlic and herbs such as Le Roulé and Boursin. In terms of ethnic cuisines they work well with Greek and Mexican food and other fresh-tasting dishes with avocados, tomatoes, green onions, olives and sharp cheeses like feta (though be careful not to neutralise their character with over-lemony dressings) They also pair well with fried fish like goujons, whitebait and fish and chips and with simply grilled chicken or lamb (without a powerful marinade) I like this more citrussy style with grilled fish, especially oily fish such as sardines and mackerel, big garlicky prawns and chargrilled squid.
Citrussy sauvignon blancsįor instance: unoaked white Bordeaux, sauvignon blanc from the Adelaide Hills and Chilean sauvignon blanc. They also go well with dishes that contain raw or barely cooked tomato such as gazpacho, tomato consommé or tomato vinaigrettes and young goats' cheeses - or salads that contain goats cheese and have an affinity with fresh herbs especially dillĪnd this style of sauvignon is a good wine match with Japanese dishes such as sushi and sashimi, seafood-based steamed and fried dim sum and smoked salmon, particularly if the smoke is delicate. This is the style I’d pair with simple, barely seasoned ingredients such as raw and lightly cooked shellfish like oysters and shell-on prawns, fresh crab and simply grilled fish such as sea bass. Sauvignon blanc is many people's favourite wine but what type of food pairs with it best?Īs with other grape varieties its style varies markedly from one part of the world to the other - from the crisp minerally whites of the Loire to the exuberant gooseberry and passionfruit flavours of sauvignons from New Zealand's Marlborough region.Īlthough many are interchangeable so far as food pairings are concerned others suit specific types of dishes and ingredients Sauvignon blanc food pairing guide Minerally sauvignon blancs For instance: Sancerre, Pouilly Fumé and sauvignon blanc from Tasmania Best sauvignon blanc for an everyday drink – La Belle Angele sauvignon blanc 2021: £9.99, .Posted by Fiona Beckett (Google+) on at 10:11.Best sauvignon blanc for an elegant aperitif – Seifried Estate sauvignon blanc 2021: £14.99,.Best sauvignon blanc to pair with spicy food – Domaine des Patureaux Pouilly fumé 2021: £17.99, .uk.
Best sauvignon blanc to pair with a salad – Napa Cellars sauvignon blanc 2022: £18,99, .uk.Best sauvignon blanc for fruity intensity – Astrolabe Awatere Valley sauvignon blanc 2022: £13.99,.Best sauvignon blanc for depth of flavour – Two Rivers convergence sauvignon blanc 2022: £16.50, .uk.Best sauvignon blanc for welcome minerality – Journey’s End V6 sauvignon blanc 2019: £18,.Best sauvignon blanc for a touch of oak – Triplex sauvignon blanc 2021: £15.99, .uk.Best value sauvignon blanc – Zana Romania sauvignon blanc 2021: £9,.Best sauvignon blanc to pair with seafood – Astoria Suade sauvignon blanc 2021: £13.13, .uk.Best sauvignon blanc for a spring picnic – Mad Fish sauvignon blanc 2022: £9.50,.Best sauvignon blanc overall – Cloudy Bay sauvignon blanc 2022: £23, .uk.With spring nearly here, there’s no better wine with which to welcome the sunshine. By the 1980s, the country was producing a sauvignon blanc that, as wine writer Oz Clarke says, was so revolutionary that the world of wine would never be the same again.Īs our round-up shows, in the 21st-century, New Zealand is still producing crisp, exuberant and vibrant sauvignon blancs with that bold gooseberry and exotic fruit flavour that almost explodes in the mouth.īut it’s also flourishing elsewhere, in Australia, South Africa, California and closer to home in Romania, Italy and in its original home on the banks of the Loire. It was winegrowers in New Zealand who discovered, in the 1970s, that the grape adapted amazingly well to conditions in the South Island. Originating in France, where it is still justly celebrated in wines such as Pouilly fumé and sancerre, it really made its mark in a country that’s about as far away from the Loire Valley as you can find. The vino in question is one of the most immediately recognisable in the wine world – sauvignon blanc. It has been called “summertime in a glass” and its impact has been compared – perhaps a little unkindly – to being hit in the mouth with an old peasant’s shoe.
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