On the grapevine
SAM WYLIE-HARRIS ON... WINES TO SAVOUR WITH YOUR FAVOURITE SUMMER FOOD
SOMETIMES, especially during summer when you’re feeling footloose and fancy free, half the fun of opening a bottle of wine is thinking about what to eat with it.
Some of the most delicious discoveries naturally pair with the local food in that region (give a thought to what the winemaker might be tucking in to), while others fall into the anything goes category.
Get the juices flowing with these top drops...
Silandeiro Rias Baixas Albarino 2019, Galicia, Spain, £6.99, Aldi
WANT to do more with that baked fish or crab meat salad? Spain’s trendy white grape is the classic match for seafood. With its appealing freshness and marine, saline notes, with tell-tale minerality enhanced by floral aromas, peachy fruit and refreshing acidity, this is a brilliant white to enjoy with your catch of the day.
Cecchi Morellino Di Scansano 2019, Tuscany,
Italy, £7.99 (was £9.99), Waitrose
NOT only will this stylish sangiovese give your flame-grilled burgers a Tuscan twist if you top them with caramelised onions, mixed herbs and pecorino cheese, but the plump, red fruit flavours and lovely interplay between herbal notes, spice and dried cherry make for a moreish ruby red with a lasting finish.
Paul Mas Reserve Pinot Noir 2019, Languedoc, France, £8.75, Morrisons THIS plush pinot has plenty of gusto, with juicy blackberry, morello cherry and raspberry flavours and a sweet ripeness. Think pulled pork sliders with BBQ sauce, summer beef casserole, seared salmon and tuna. Red wine with fish – absolutely!
La Belle Angele Rosé 2019, France, £8.99, Majestic UTTERLY gorgeous from the word go, with enticing scents of peaches and pretty florals, juicy flavours of wild berries and ripe stone fruits lend an exotic allure, supported by fine acidity. Extremely food friendly, sun-ripened tomato salad, chilled gazpacho and rotisserie chicken instantly come to mind, not to mention goats’ cheese and crusty baguettes, crudites – the list is endless. Better bag two!