{"id":14008,"date":"2017-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/what-goes-with-lasagne-if-you-love-spanish-wine"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:44:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T12:44:52","slug":"what-goes-with-lasagne-if-you-love-spanish-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/en\/what-goes-with-lasagne-if-you-love-spanish-wine","title":{"rendered":"What Goes with Lasagne if You Love Spanish Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ah lasagne – that go to, feel good food. If ever there was a dinner that you could relax with over a glass of wine<\/a>, it would be this. But what if you\u2019re not particularly fond of Italian wine? What if you\u2019d much prefer a robust Spanish red instead? Clearly you have good taste, but to know what goes with lasagne, we have to work out which Spanish grapes might taste great with this most Italian of dishes?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lasagne has the following flavour characteristics:<\/p>\n That calls for a wine which has:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The most important grape here will be the Cari\u00f1ena. This is actually the French Carignan grape<\/a> wearing a luxuriant Spanish moustache, as there aren\u2019t many native Spanish grapes that provide that much acidity. The grape also gives some tannin. Yet the grape will need to be in a blend with another variety that provides more fruit flavour, and something that will give the wine a fuller body too. Happily, Catalonia is great for producing these kinds of mixes.<\/p>\n This bottle blends Cari\u00f1ena with Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon. That gives the blend sufficient acidity, while also taking on lots of cherry flavours from the Grenache. The Cabernet Sauvignon provides much needed body. The Cabernet also provides some black pepper notes and the high alcohol content of 14.5% gives a hint of eucalyptus to the bottle, which goes excellently well with the seasoning. This is a great bottle.<\/p>\n This is an even better match than the previous bottle. That\u2019s because as a Crianza or young style of Rioja, it has spent less time ageing in a barrel, which means it will have fewer of the oaky notes that spices can accentuate. You don\u2019t want to be overpowered by the taste of Italian herbs. What\u2019s more, it scored 91 points from Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn. Again, it\u2019s a Cari\u00f1ena heavy blend with lots of acidity to battle with the oily, acidic lasagne, and it has plenty of red fruit flavours from the Grenache. But it has a cheeky element of Syrah as well. The latter grape adds body, and a little spiciness too.<\/p>\n This Carignan blend has more Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon. It will be fruitier than the other two, and it uses old vines, further intensifying the fruit flavours. Also expect a fuller bodied wine. Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn gave it 92 points, which means that it\u2019s pretty much guaranteed to be fantastic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWhat Goes with Lasagne?:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nFruit to compliment the spiciness of the seasoning and the herbs, with little to no oak;<\/li>\nWhat to Serve with Lasagne:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
1.\u00a0Ferrer Bobet Vinyes Velles<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
2. Can Blau<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
3. Les Sorts Vinyes Velles<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
Who\u2019d Have Thought Italian Food and Spanish Wine Would Match?<\/strong><\/h2>\n