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

Poissonnerie Lucine (Lège Cap Ferret)

Mackerel is a fat and healthy fish. It can be found in most oceans. The flesh of the mackerel is rich in Omega 3, vitamins (B and D), protein and fatty acids. Being present throughout the seasons allows it to be cooked in many ways, with different sauce and different side.

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

Wine & Mackerel pairing : What wine to drink with Mackerel with white wine ?

• Muscadet – Loire (white)
• Gros Plant Du Pays Nantais – Loire (white)
• Sancerre – Loire (white)
• Fiefs-vendéens – Loire (white)
• Savigny-Lès-Beaune – Burgundy (white)
• Condrieu – Rhône (white)
• Givry 1^er Cru – Burgundy (white)
• Ladoix – Burgundy (white)
• Pernand-Vergelesses – Burgundy (white)
• Pouilly-Fuissé – Burgundy (white)
• Saint-Joseph – Rhône (white)
• Chablis – Burgundy (white)
• Côtes du Rhône – Rhône (white)
• Crozes-hermitage – Rhône (white)
• Reuilly – Loire (white)
• Côtes de Bordeaux Saint-Macaire – Bordeaux (white)
• Blaye Côtes-de-Bordeaux – Bordeaux (white)
• Côtes de Bourg – Bordeaux (white)
• Chenin blanc from the Waipara Valley – New-Zealand (white)
• Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux – Bordeaux (white)
• Crémant d’Alsace – Alsace (sparkling)
• …

Wine & Mackerel pairing : What wine to drink with mackerel rillettes ?

• Côtes de Provence – Provence (white)
• Beaujolais – Beaujolais (white)
• Bandol – Provence (white)
• Côtes du Marmandais – South West (white)
• Bordeaux – Bordeaux (white)
• Chablis Grand Cru – Burgundy (white)
• Saint-Véran – Burgundy (white)
• Beaujolais Villages – Beaujolais (white)
• Côtes du Roussillon – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Limoux – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Saumur – Loire (white)
• Vin de Corse – Corsica (white)
• Irouléguy – South West (white)
• Costières de Nîmes – Rhône (white)
• Pouilly-sur-Loire – Loire (white)
• Bourgogne Aligoté – Burgundy (white)
• Saint-Mont – South West (white)
• Côtes de Duras – South West (white)
• Irouléguy – South West (white)
• Côtes de Provence – Provence (rosé)
• Saint-Chinian – Languedoc Roussillon (rosé)
• …

Wine & Mackerel pairing : What wine to drink with grilled mackerel ?

• IGP Pays d’Oc – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Vin de pays du Val de Loire – Loire (white)
• Clairette du Languedoc – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Crozes-Hermitage – Burgundy (white)
• Limoux – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Côtes du Roussillon – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Saumur – Loire (white)
• Saint-Chinian – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Reuilly – Loire (white)
• Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux – Bordeaux (white)
• Mâcon Fuissé – Burgundy (white)
• Côtes de Bourg – Bordeaux (white)
• Gros Plant du Pays Nantais – Loire (white)
• Languedoc – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Côtes du Roussillon – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Sauvignon Blanc from the Russian Valley – California (white)
• Bordeaux rosé – Bordeaux (rosé)
• Côtes de Provence – Provence (rosé)
• …

Wine & Mackerel pairing : What wine to drink with marinated mackerel (‘à l’escabèche’) ?

• Saumur – Loire (white)
• Fiefs Vendéens – Loire (white)
• Reuilly – Loire (white)
• Côtes du Roussillon – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Beaujolais Villages – Beaujolais (white)
• Lirac – Rhône (white)
• Gros Plant du Pays Nantais – Loire (white)
• Côtes de Gascogne – South West (white)
• Blaye Côtes-de-Bordeaux – Bordeaux (white)
• Costières de Nîmes – Rhône (white)
• Irouléguy – South West (white)
• Côtes de Provence – Provence (white)
• Saint-Mont – South West (white)
• Coteaux du Lyonnais – Rhône (white)
• Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux – Bordeaux (white)
• Languedoc – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Côtes du Rhône Villages Saint Gervais – Rhône (white)
• Côtes de Provence – Provence (rosé)
• Bordeaux Rosé – Bordeaux (rosé)
• …

Wine & Mackerel pairing : What wine to drink with tomato mackerel ?

• Ajaccio – Corsica (white)
• Patrimonio – Corsica (white)
• Côtes de Provence – Provence (white)
• Ajaccio – Corsica (white)
• Vin de Corse – Figari – Corsica (white)
• Patrimonio – Corsica (white)
• Calvi – Corsica (white)
• Côtes du Rhône – Rhône (white)
• Bordeaux rosé – Bordeaux (rosé)
• Ajaccio – Corsica (rosé)
• Côtes de Provence – Provence (rosé)
• Patrimonio – Corsica (rosé)
• Cassis – Provence (rosé)
• Vin de Corse – Corsica (rosé)
• Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence – Provence (rosé)
• Cassis – Provence (rosé)
• Marsannay – Burgundy (rosé)
• Bandol – Provence (rosé)
• Grenache rosé from the Central Coast – California (rosé)
• Grenache-Cinsault rosé from Paso Roblès – California (rosé)
• …

Wine & Mackerel pairing : What wine to drink with mackerel terrine ?

• Vin de Corse – Figari – Corsica (white)
• Lirac – Rhône (white)
• Chablis – Bourgogne (white)
• Chablis Grand Cru – Burgundy (white)
• Pessac-Léognan – Bordeaux (white)
• Côtes de Provence – Provence (white)
• Saint-Pourcain – Loire (white)
• Sancerre – Loire (white)
• Cassis – Provence (white)
• Patrimonio – Corsica (white)
• Quincy – Loire (white)
• Graves – Bordeaux (white)
• Entre-deux-Mers – Bordeaux (white)
• Bordeaux – Bordeaux (white)
• Côtes de Duras – South West (white)
• Côtes du Rhône Villages – Rhône (white)
• Quincy – Loire (white)
• Fiefs Vendéens – Loire (white)
• Saumur – Loire (white)
• Reuilly – Loire (white)
• Bergerac – Sud Ouest (white)
• Minervois – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Muscadet des Coteaux de Loire – Loire (white)
• …