Match of the week

Languedoc rosé and Rick Stein’s chicken burrito

Posted by Fiona Beckett (Google+) on July 14 2025 at 11:44

I generally go for a crisp, citrussy white wine with light Mexican dishes like this one - but I happened to have a bottle of chilled rosé in the fridge and it proved the perfect pairing.

The recipe, from Rick Stein’s excellent book The Road to Mexico is probably not what you would think of as a classic burrito - for which read more Mexican than Tex Mex.

It was much lighter, based on chicken in a limey marinade and topped with pico de gallo (fresh tomato) salsa, guacamole, chipotle crema and soured cream.

What made it go so well with the rosé - the 2024 Alaina rosé from Laurent Miquel - was the lime juice in the salsa. Lime is great with rosé

You can buy the Alaina from Waitrose - it’s currently £13.50 but quite often on offer. (His cheaper rosé, Vendanges Nocturnes, which is also good, is down from £10 to £8 at the time of writing though quite possibly not by the time you read this.

But that would work too as would the typical Provence rosé though that would most likely be more expensive.

For other rosé pairings see the best food pairings for rosé.

And for other Mexican food matches see Wine, Beer and Other Pairings with Mexican Food

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