To emphasize the delicious taste of blue cheese, you can use combinations with various drinks. But the ideal option would be the right wine.
Basic compatibility rules
When choosing wines for cheeses with noble mold, it is recommended to adhere to the following rules:
- the sharper and richer the taste of the cheese, the more rich, thick and old the wine should be chosen;
- for cheeses with a sweetish, mild flavor, it is best to choose muscat wines;
- to shade the taste of gourmet cheese, you need to select drinks with a rich aroma, light sweetness;
- during tastings of wines and cheeses with noble mold, it is recommended to limit 4-5 varieties of products; taste buds should be cleaned with crackers before each shift;
- for cheeses with blue, white and other noble mold, you can use almost any white wine, they are in perfect harmony with such products;
- red wines are more difficult to select because of their own bright taste; one of the products should not be allowed to “get lost” against the background of the other;
- wines that are aged in oak barrels for a long time. noble cheeses rarely go well together, due to the dissonance of the characteristic aroma of wood and mold.
Wines and soft cheeses
Soft blue cheeses are Brie, Cambozola, Camembert, Livaro, Reblochon, Munster and others. Sparkling wines and champagne are ideal for such cheeses. For example, wines such as bandol, Chablis or drinks based on Pinot Gris grapes can be taken with Camembert.
White still wines, such as Chablis, Côte de Beaune, Puligny Montrachet, are excellent with Brie cheese. Also, Brut is great for such cheeses with a soft, delicate creamy taste. For those who prefer red wines, Merlot, Pinot Noir and other young drinks are suitable for soft gourmet cheeses. For mature Camembert, you can choose tannic rich wines and other aged varieties with a bright taste.
Wine and blue cheese pairings
Blue cheeses include such varieties as Dor Blue, Gorgonzola, Roquefort, Danablu and others. Such products are distinguished by a sharp, salty taste, which requires the drink to be drunk with a rich and bright taste. An excellent choice would be Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Semillon. It is dessert sweet wines that will perfectly set off the pronounced taste of cheese and will be an excellent addition to the table. For those who prefer white wines, we can recommend dry varieties, such as vintage white port, Sauternes.
Gorgonzola is best paired with Gigonde, Madrian, Marsala or white port. To Bor Blue are recommended Tokay, Riesling and other sweet wines. Cambozola goes well with both sweet and dry wines, but Chardonnay reveals the taste of this cheese best of all.
Of course, there are many more successful combinations, it all depends on the characteristics and organoleptic properties of cheese, aging of wine and many other factors. But in order for the taste of the delicacy product to be revealed as fully as possible, it is better to follow the recommendations of experts.