Top pairings | Pairing food and Chablis

Top pairings

Pairing food and Chablis

Chablis, with its crisp acidity and flinty minerality, is a dream wine for food. From fresh Petit Chablis to complex Grand Cru, each style offers unique food pairing opportunities. Whether you’re a fan of oysters, creamy sauces, or even roast chicken, there’s a Chablis pairing waiting to be discovered.

In this guide, I’ll dive into the nuances of Chablis food pairing, exploring how factors like the age of the wine, the vintage, and oak influence come into play. I’ll cover everything from everyday Chablis to more indulgent bottles, providing you with the best pairings for each. I’ll break down specific pairings for various types of Chablis, including those that complement the wine’s vibrant citrus notes, its richer, more honeyed flavours, and everything in between. Whether you’re looking to impress guests or simply enjoy a better glass at home, this guide has you covered.

The Best Food to Match with Chablis

Despite the emphasis that winemakers place on the different crus or terroirs of Chablis, three factors seem to me to influence a food match more than any other for most of the Chablis you’ll taste - the age of the wine, the vintage, and the degree of oak influence, if any.

There are exceptions to this - Chablis styles that are particularly fruity or ones that have more vegetal notes - but in general, I think you’ll find most wines fall into one of the following five groups.

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Comments: 2 (Add)

Fiona Beckett on January 9 2020 at 08:42

I think it was probably Daniel Defaix who introduced me to that one!

Mike4goodfood on January 9 2020 at 07:28

Absolutely agree with you about pairing foie gras and grand cru chablis. My wife and I ate in a Chablis restaurant many years ago (closed now but run, I think, by the Defaix wine family). My wife chose the foie gras to start the meal. When we asked for a wine match, we were recommended a half bottle of a Defaix grand cru. A surprising and quite memorable match, which as you say, did nor overwhelm the rest of the meal

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