What to drink in combination with the intense and comforting taste of pizzoccheri? Tannico has selected 5 perfect wines for us
When the cold season comes a nice plate of pizzoccheri that's just what it takes: but what is the wine best to combine with this delicious traditional dish?
Pizzoccheri are of the noodles fresh prepared with buckwheat seasoned strictly with cabbage, potatoes and cheese dairy. What is already a comfort food in itself can only be accompanied by a good glass, the right one, capable of harmonizing and enhancing the flavors present in the dish. One of the best ways to achieve this goal is certainly to remain in the reference area: pizzoccheri, typical of Valtellina, perfectly match with Valtellina wines, coming from Nebbiolo, which in the area are called Chiavennasche.
Still and full-bodied reds, they are ideal to accompany this dish, but how to choose the most suitable bottle? Marco Magnocavallo, CEO and co-founder of Tannic he recommended 5 wines to pair with the pizzoccheri that are right for us!
Wine for pizzoccheri: which one to choose?
Below are the 5 wines to drink in combination with pizzoccheri and why they were chosen by Tannic.
Valtellina Superiore Sassella DOCG “Stella Retica” 2015 – Arpepe
Elegant and refined, the Valtellina Superiore "Stella Retica" offers the emotion of an incorruptible youth that time cannot scratch. A long aging gives it complexity without altering its typical freshness. An alpine wine, always taut and at the same time graceful that makes drinking one of its most important characteristics. Ideal to accompany a dinner / tasting with friends, perhaps dedicated to the Valtellina.
Valtellina Superiore DOCG “Pietrisco” 2017 – Boffalora
In Valtellina Nebbiolo takes the name of chiavennasca, a term that derives from “ciu vinasca”, that is grape suitable for transformation into wine. And it is precisely from Nebbiolo that the "Pietrisco" produced by the Boffalora company is born. Left to refine for 12-15 months in large oak barrels, followed by aging in steel and bottle aging for at least 6 months, this Valtellina Superiore DOCG is well suited for storage and aging.
Rosso di Valtellina DOC 2018 – Arpepe
Still pure nebbiolo for a wine that for its persuasive simplicity and easy drinking is a true hymn to everyday life, while not disfiguring on important occasions. A Valtellina not to be missed, both to get to know the extraordinary world of Arpepe wines and to find all the beauty of mountain Nebbiolo in simplicity. Arpepe's Rosso di Valtellina DOC 2014 is a red for a nice dinner with friends or why not, to pamper yourself when you are alone, at home.
Valtellina Superiore DOCG 2017 – Dirupi
A hymn to joy, a glass that surprises with the kindness of the aromas and the depth of the taste. A paradigm therefore, a wine that perfectly synthesizes all the great qualities that can be found in the vine, in the valley, in the wines of Dirupi. Declined in the "Superiore" version, it is a Nebbiolo di Valtellina that takes shape from an aging of 18 months, spent between Allier oak barrels and barriques. Ideal with meats, you will find it wonderful together with the veal stew with potatoes.
Carema Riserva DOC 2016 – Nebbiolo Cellar of Carema
The Nebbiolo in this bottle by Cantina Produttori Nebbiolo di Carema emerges with all its personality, with warm and enveloping aromas that open to a velvety and harmonious sip. The carefully selected grapes are refined for three years after vinification, of which at least twelve months in oak barrels and the rest in glass.
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