Pairings | Aubergine salads

6 good wine pairings for aubergine/eggplant

Posted by Fiona Beckett (Google+) on October 14 2024 at 07:59

Aubergine - or eggplant as it’s known in the US - doesn’t have a strong flavour of its own but tends to enrich any dish in which it’s included especially when baked with tomatoes and cheese. So if you’re looking for a wine pairing for aubergine parmigiana or eggplant parmesan read on!

In general I find the best wine match is a hearty red unless you’re serving it cold as in a baba ganoush or a spicy aubergine salad.

Good examples are:

* Italian reds - especially southern Italian and Sicilian reds with their dark slightly bitter hedgerow fruit which seem made for aubergines. Try a Negroamaro or Primitivo (see also Zinfandel below)

* Greek, Turkish and Lebanese reds with their wild briary flavours. Unsurprisingly since aubergine is such an important ingredient in that part of the world.

* Provençal reds especially those that are made from or include Mourvèdre in the blend - like Bandol

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Tags: Provençal rosé dry rosé drink:rosé Bandol mourvedre Turkish red wine Lebanese red wine Zinfandel Greek red wine Primitivo Negroamaro Southern Italian reds baba ganoush aubergine salad eggplant aubergine food:veg & salads Spanish rosado Pomegranate juice

Comments: 2 (Add)

Greek American on November 20 2021 at 19:22

Yes! Don't overlook a nice Greek wine with Mediterranean meals. Efcharisto

Blatsos Nikolaos on August 20 2020 at 19:24

I would also suggest for anything without tomato and also caponata, a chilled Assyrtiko from Santorini, its unique notes and signature metallic zing pair sublimely with aubergine dishes! Other decent Assyrtiko(migrated) bottles can also match aubergines but their fruitier sub-sweet character demands pairing with mostly side dish/hors d' oeuvres preparations made with aubergine!

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