What wine goes well with chocolate?!
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Answers: I want to celebrate my boyfriend and I's one year anniversary. I'm a CHEAP college student and we're only going to drink this bottle that one night. I plan on having Hesrhey kisses, whipped cream, and chocolate syrup. I need some suggestions, I also would like to have a wine that could be found in a liquor/wine store without ording it online!!!!
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Santa Rita 120 Cabernet Sauvignon
Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon
Columbia Crest Grand Estates Cabernet Sauvignon
Really, if you're not a wine person, ANY cheap cabernet sauvignon wouldn't be too nasty if you're coupling it with chocolate....
I think port would be a bit heavy for you guys if you're not drinkers, but it's sweet so you might like it... the cab you can cook with if you don't down the whole bottle though - lol
I'd say "have fun!" but I have several college students of my own and as a parent I'm thinking more like... "use protection" - lol
(By the way, for those who suggested sparkling wines like champagne etc... I found, as a younger person, that sparkling wines made me a bit too gassy to enjoy... ahem... certain experiences... so... I'd stick with the cab) :)
Champagne or one of the spumantes
Zinfandel or Port.
I like chocolate with cabernet, but Beth's answer made me think twice. If you're looking for sweet with sweet a fortified wine like port or solera would be excellent. If you want a little contrast I'd go with cabernet. I think chocolate would make whites or sparklers taste bitter.
A really nice wine & chocolate pairing website.
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/winechocola...
Cabernet Sauvigon or Port
a nice shiraz
If you can find it, try an obscure wine called Barolo Chinato. It's a dessert wine made from Barolo wine from Italy, sweet with quinine and aromatic spices added. It's a perfect match to dark chocolate, in particular. Another semi-obscure one to look for (and this is one of my favourite dessert wines) is called Banyuls. It's named after the region in France that it comes from. It's made from Grenache, and it comes in both white and red. For chocolate, go the the red. It's heavenly.
If you can't find those (which wouldn't surprise me), try a rich mellow red like an Old Vine Zinfandel (called "old vine" because the vines are decades old and produce a velvety, concentrated wine), or a nice port, madeira or sherry. If you want to follow the other answerer's advice regarding a sparkline wine, I would recommend going with a Champagne, and not a cava or prosecco, as the former will have a nicer, more mellow and toasty texture and aroma, while the latter two will be higher in acidity, which my not work with the bitterness of the chocolate. If you can't afford the expensive stuff, look for a sparkler called "Cremant". It's sparkling wine from France that's not expensive stuff from Champagne. It'll be called Cremant de Loire, Cremant de Bourgogne, or Cremant de Alsace, depending on where in France it originates. It's basically Champagne, but without the price tag.
With the exception of Champagne, you can find the above wines for reasonable prices, particularly the madeira and sherry which are somewhat undervalued these days.
Port.
The wine guys have probably got things covered in that regard, but I thought that I'd go ahead and mention that Belgian trappist-style ales (the kind that come in fancy corked bottles and cost $10 each) go very well with chocolate, and that would actually be my first choice. (My second would be a port, like others have mentioned.)