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Best wine with chocolate and dessert

The wine should be sweeter than the dessert.

How are you cooking it?

ClassicDark chocolateMilk chocolate or mousseFruit desserts

Fortified (tawny, muscat, port style)

Rutherglen muscat and tawny with dark chocolate or sticky date pudding is hard to beat.

  • Same weight as the dish, so neither drowns the other
  • Fresh acidity lifts the flavours and cleans up each bite
  • At least as sweet as the dish, so it won’t taste thin
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Moscato

Light, sweet and gently fizzy. Great with fruit desserts and pavlova.

  • Lighter than the dish: best with a lighter version of it
  • Fresh acidity lifts the flavours and cleans up each bite
  • The dish is sweeter than the wine, which can make it taste sharp
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Dessert wine

Botrytis Semillon and late-harvest styles suit cheesecake and tarts.

  • Same weight as the dish, so neither drowns the other
  • Fresh acidity lifts the flavours and cleans up each bite
  • At least as sweet as the dish, so it won’t taste thin
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Sparkling Shiraz

An Aussie original. Fruity, fizzy and fun with chocolate.

  • Same weight as the dish, so neither drowns the other
  • Fresh acidity lifts the flavours and cleans up each bite
  • The dish is sweeter than the wine, which can make it taste sharp
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Why it works Dish Wine

Weightrichness vs body
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Fat / tanninfat softens grip
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Tip

Sweeter dessert, sweeter wine. Serve dessert wines chilled in small glasses.

Best avoided

Dry wine with sweet dessert tastes thin and sour.

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About chocolate and dessert and wine

Today’s picks run from $11.17 to $45.17 a bottle, chosen for value from 102 matching wines across the Australian retailers we compare. Six-packs and dozens are shown as a price per bottle.

Questions

What wine goes best with chocolate and dessert?

Fortified (tawny, muscat, port style), Moscato and Dessert wine are the best matches for chocolate and dessert. Rutherglen muscat and tawny with dark chocolate or sticky date pudding is hard to beat.

What’s a good cheap wine with chocolate and dessert?

Angove Long Row Moscato 2024 is the cheapest of today’s picks at $11.17 a bottle from Cellars. Prices are checked every 4 hours.

What wine should I avoid with chocolate and dessert?

Dry wine with sweet dessert tastes thin and sour.

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