Wine & Food Pairing: What wine to drink with Chestnuts ? (6 recipes)

The Chestnut is an autumn fruit from the chestnut (tree). It is a fruit of the family of alkenes. The fruit is contained in a spiny cupule.

Chestnut is an iconic wild fruit to eat all winter. It is cooked in various ways: grilled, mashed, baked, boiled or it’s can be cook to make the stuffing, a velouté, a sauce… It is a highly nutritious fruit. The Chestnut is rich in carbohydrate, high in vitamins, minerals, potassium, fiber, but low in protein and gluten free.

Below there are some Wine & Food Pairing suggestions to match with six different Chestnut recipes.

Wine & Chestnuts pairing: What wine to drink with a Chestnuts velouté ?

• Vin de Pays d’Oc – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Bourgogne Aligoté – Burgundy (white)
• Vin de Pays des Coteaux de l’Ardèche – Rhône (white)
• Vin de Pays des Collines Rhodaniennes – Rhône (white)
• Vin de Pays du Val de Loire – Loire (white)
• Vougeot – Burgundy (red)
• Santenay – Burgundy (rouge)
• Reuilly – Loire (rouge)
• Saumur – Loire (rouge)
• Bordeaux Supérieur – Bordeaux (rouge)
• Saumur-Champigny – Loire (rouge)
• Pinot Noir from the Columbia Valley – Oregon (rouge)
• Pinot Noir from the Columbia Valley – Washington State (rouge)
• Pinot Noir from Niagara Peninsula – Ontario, Canada (rouge)
• …

Wine & Chestnuts pairing: What wine to drink with chicken with chestnuts ?

• Sancerre – Loire (white)
• Minervois – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Savagnin du Jura – Jura (white)
• Côtes du Jura – Jura (white)
• Chablis – Burgundy (white)
• Côtes du Rhône Villages – Rhône (white)
• Côtes du Rhône Villages Saint-Maurice – Rhône (white)
• Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne – Rhône (white)
• Vouvray – Loire (white)
• Bandol – Provence (rosé)
• Marsannay rosé – Burgundy (rosé)
• Faugères – Languedoc Roussillon (rosé)
• Corbières – Languedoc-Roussillon (rosé)
• Cassis – Provence (rosé)
• Maury Ambré hors d’âge – Languedoc Roussillon (sweet wine)
• Pinot Gris from Alsace, Late Harvest – Alsace (sweet wine)
• Pinot Gris from Finger Lakes, Late Harvest – New York (sweet wine)
• Pinot Gris from the Columbia Valley, Late Harvest – Oregon (sweet wine)
• Riesling from Alsace, Late Harvest – Alsace (sweet wine)
• Riesling from Finger Lakes, Late Harvest – New York (sweet wine)
• Gewurstraminer from Finger Lakes, Late Harvest – New York (sweet wine)
• Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise – Rhône (sweet wine)
• Muscat de Rivesaltes – Languedoc Roussillon (sweet wine)
• Muscat du Valais – Suisse (sweet wine)
• Coteaux de Saumur – Loire (sweet wine)
• …

Wine & Chestnuts pairing: What wine to drink with grilled Chestnuts ?

• Macvin du Jura – Jura (liqueur wine)
• Banyuls – Languedoc Roussillon (sweet wine)
• Rivesaltes – Rhône (sweet wine)
• Rasteau tuilé hors d’âge – Rhône (sweet wine)
• Muscat du Valais – Switzerland (sweet wine)
• Maury grenat – Languedoc Roussillon (sweet wine)
• Porto Tawny 10 Years Old – Portugal (fortified wine)
• Porto Tawny 20 Years Old – Portugal (fortified wine)
• …

Wine & Chestnuts pairing: What wine to drink with a guinea fowl stuffed with Chestnuts ? 

• Margaux – Bordeaux (red)
• Pomerol – Bordeaux (red)
• Lalande-de-Pomerol – Bordeaux (red)
• Saint-Emilion – Bordeaux (red)
• Saint-Emilion Grand Cru – Bordeaux (red)
• Canon-Fronsac – Bordeaux (red)
• Bordeaux Supérieur – Bordeaux (red)
• Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux – Bordeaux (red)
• Morgon – Beaujolais (red)
• Côte de Brouily – Beaujolais (red)
• Régnié – Beaujolais (red)
• Beaujolais Villages – Beaujolais (red)
• Cabernet Sauvignon from the Alexander Valley, Sonoma – California (red)
• Pinot Noir from Niagara Peninsula – Ontario, Canada (red)
• Pinot Noir from the Columbia Valley – Oregon (red)
• Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley – Oregon (red)
• Savagnin du Jura – Jura (white)
• Côtes du Jura – Jura (white)
• …

Wine & Chestnuts pairing: What wine to drink with Duck stuffed with Chestnuts ? 

• Saint-Emilion Grand Cru – Bordeaux (red)
• Saint-Emilion – Bordeaux (red)
• Saint-Julien – Bordeaux (red)
• Saint-Estèphe – Bordeaux (red)
• Puisseguin Saint-Emilion – Bordeaux (red)
• Cornas – Rhône (red)
• Vacqueyras – Rhône (red)
• Saint-Joseph – Rhône (red)
• Crozes-Hermitage – Rhône (red)
• Hermitage – Rhône (red)
• Gigondas – Rhône (red)
• Vinsobres – Rhône (red)
• Côte Rôtie – Rhône (red)
• Chassagne Montrachet 1^er Cru – Burgundy (red)
• Pommard – Burgundy (red)
• Madiran – South West (red)
• Irouléguy – South West (red)
• Bergerac – South West (red)
• Buzet – South West (red)
• Bordeaux Blend from Sonoma – California (red)
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Wine & Chestnuts pairing: What wine to drink with a Chestnuts mousse ?

• Muscat de Beaumes de Venise – Rhône (sweet wine)
• Muscat de Rivesaltes – Languedoc Roussillon (sweet wine)
• Rivesaltes – Languedoc Roussillon (sweet wine)
• Banyuls – Languedoc Roussillon (sweet wine)
• Banyuls traditionnel hors d’âge – Languedoc Roussillon (liqueur wine)
• Maury– Languedoc Roussillon (sweet wine)
• Crémant d’Alsace – Alsace (sparkling)
• Blanc de blancs from Finger Lakes – New York (sparkling)
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