Good red wine to go with a cheeseboard?

I am giving my boyfriends parents a cheeseboard for christmas, it will consist of a mild herby soft sheeps cheese (fleur de marquis), a salty goats cheese (selles sur cher), a gruyere (comte), a sweet hard sheep (berkswell) and maybe a washed rind too (either epoisses or camembert calvados). Can anyone think of a good red wine that would go with this as a whole cheeseboard?|||One overlooked region of France in Beaujolais which has some stonking wines (Brouilly %26amp; Morgon to name a couple). If you have a big bookstore (Borders or similiar) pop in there and look for Sotheby's wine atlas and have a peek at that section. It is 拢40 so just refer to it unless you really want it. Arguably Old World would be better suited for cheeses as against New.


The choice of Port is a good banker if you are stuck, but with the thought you have put onto the cheeseboard, don't give up.


My choices would be:


Red Sancerre - Rare not too expensive, and when was the last time you saw one of them on a table.


Cotes Du Bourg/ Blaye - Two unsung regions of Bordeaux that represent full on value for money (2000 or 05 vintages if you can)


Barberesco - Northern Italian (Piedmonte I think) about 拢12 but delicious.


Ribero Del Duero- As someone else mentioned, the Crianzas are always better than those of Rioja slightly more expensive but worth it. See if you can find "Condado De Haza" about 拢15


Enjoy|||Red wines of average acidity don't always have what it takes to equal the palate coating effect and so the wine gets the one-two punch-the cheese knocks it down and robs it of some of its character. So a white wine best suits the cheeses you are presenting, cheese-Sancerre for the Goat Cheese and for the Gruyere a Sauvignon Blanc.. Then again Goat cheese is in a category all by itself. It has a high acid and it's best to serve a wine of at least equal acidity or the wine will seem dull. But if you are set on a red wine then I would recommend a Burgundy or Pinot Noir.





Good Luck|||go to the Spain section and look for wines from the Rioja or Ribera del Duero and Toro Regions. They come in a wide price range and you can choose depending on your budget and of course, how good have they behaved.|||Take a look at this - http://www.slurp.co.uk/shopWebSite/php/i鈥?/a>|||stop drinking|||Nedeberg, Merlo 2002|||I would go for a Rioja Reserva the reserva part of it makes it a little more earthy and is excellent with wine|||Blue Nun|||To ber perfectly honest, I'd probably go for a port - a late bottled vintage (LBV) Graham's, or something like that. You can't go wrong with port and cheese, as long as you steer clear of the ruby cheap ones!


Otherwise, you can't go far wrong with a nice chateau-bottled Bordeaux, or a nice Burgundy. I'd personally stick to the French wines, as there's a wider range of wines that go well with cheese than some other countries.





Hope they enjoy, whatever you decide!|||A nice fruity Rioja. Campo Viejo Rioja is a good but fairly inexpensive red wine.|||Maybe send a nice bottle of Port instead of wine as this is more traditional with cheese.





ps sounds like a lovely gift.|||to go with cheeses you need a strong wine something like a merlot goes very well.





Tesco has some gr8 wines and resonable prices, dont buy into the price hype thing though you can get a decent bottle for about 5 or 6 quid





and excellent red for just supping in villa del sole but i dont know where to get it on the high street. i get mine direct from my wine merchant. if you want to contact me for details go to my blog and leave a message





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Happy Days|||Steer clear of french wine, it is in the main expensive crap although Tesco's do a lovely Chateuax Neuf Du Pape which is special offer at the moment, the only decent wine to come out of France....|||A nice bottle of Merlot.|||for me , you cant go past a nice Baron De Lay rioja, they sell it in Costcos and its about 拢7-拢8 per bottle, and it will go wonderfully with all those cheeses|||No idea sorry, I've never eaten a cheeseboard.|||go Italian and get a good barbaresco...it will hold up to the cheeses very well.