What wine to serve with.......

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Stavros
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What wine to serve with.......

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Having guests over for dinner on Saturday night and i'm stumped as to what to serve with my wifes choice of dessert....

Passionfruit Curd Tart Brulee....now that's a mouthful in it'self, but what to have with it????

Cheers

S

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griff
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Stavros wrote:Having guests over for dinner on Saturday night and i'm stumped as to what to serve with my wifes choice of dessert....

Passionfruit Curd Tart Brulee....now that's a mouthful in it'self, but what to have with it????

Cheers

S


That has to be a sticky. Ice riesling would be great! Not sure about botrytis but maybe a Beaumes de Venise could work as well.

cheers

Carl
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Carl's suggestion of an ice Riesling is good (if you can find one); I've matched a similar desert with a Canadian Vidal Ice Wine. Whatever you pick, the wine needs to be sweeter than the tart to avoid the wine seeming thin and acidic.

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morris 'old premium' tokay...

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am not convinced a tokay would do well. because passionfruit is quite a cutting acidic flavour, you need a dessert wine with some acid. the ice riesling suggestions are good, any dessert wine made with riesling would do the trick really.

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Hello Stavros

I'd agree with a sticky. I'd especially go with riesling, and preferably Tasmanian. Frogmore Creek or Josef Chromy do good ones.

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A sweet chenin from the Loire Valley would do the trick - it would have the structure and flavour profile to match the tart, sweet flavour of the passionfruit.

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