The wines to match

VERDICCHIO

One of Italy’s most versatile food wines, thanks to its acidity and rounded body, Verdicchio is a structured wine – some even call it a red dressing up as a white. Here, the wine’s subtle almond and citrus-herbal flavours play against the flavour of the beans while standing up to the radicchio.

Try: Sartarelli, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico, Marche 2020 91

£11.50 C&C Wines, JN Wine

A fresh, stainless steel-fermented Verdicchio in all its textbook glory: apple and honey aromas and juicy peach and apple flavours are given definition by a distinct stoniness and a subtle floral streak with honey and lemon rind highlights. An elegant, food-friendly wine, this has a long finish that shows a typical note of bitter almond.

Drink 2021-2023 Alc 13%

OREGON PINOT NOIR

Hazelnuts and Pinot grapes both grow in Oregon’s diverse Willamette Valley, so this pairing follows the adage ‘what grows together, goes together’. The acidity in Oregon Pinot Noir pairs well with the charred radicchio, while the wine’s earthy fruit complements the nutty hazelnuts.

Try: Résonance, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley,

Oregon, USA 2018 94 £25.60-£32.47 Christopher Keiller, Connolly’s, Fareham Wine Cellar, Grand Vin Delightful, with bright, lively fresh red fruit and floral aromas from the long, slow fermentation of the destemmed fruit (half from growers, half organic estate grapes). The first project for Maison Louis Jadot outside Burgundy, the philosophy of preferring to pick a bit earlier than a bit too late results in a reassuringly classic style. Drink 20212031 Alc 13.5% D