Concepts for pairing wines with haggis on Burns Evening:
- Syrah / Shiraz
- Shiraz-Grenache blends
- Viognier
- Beaujolais Cru (Gamay)
- German Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)
- Chilean País
There are a couple of completely different avenues to discover in case you’re trying to pair wines with haggis, which sees its star high quality celebrated at Burns Evening supper with the normal studying of Robert Burns’ poem, ‘Handle to a Haggis’.
Made nicely, and from a top quality supply, haggis provides a wealthy mixture of meaty flavours with peppery and herby characters, in addition to little bit of spice. In case you’re not sure, why not ask your native butcher for recommendation?
Vegetarian haggis additionally exists; haggis maker Macsween of Edinburgh celebrated Burns Evening 2020 by delivery vegetarian haggis to the US – its first export to the nation in 50 years.
Meals security officers within the US prohibited haggis imports in 1971, citing the normal inclusion of sheep’s lung.
Scotch whisky and Burns Evening go hand-in-hand, however Robert Burns did write about ingesting a ‘pint o’ wine’ in his music ‘The Gowden Locks of Anna’.
A pint is maybe pushing it, particularly for a Wednesday night, however there are many kinds to discover.
‘I’m all the time shocked at how peppery haggis is – not spicy, however peppery,’ mentioned Tina Gellie, Decanter content material supervisor, who supplied her recommendation forward of Burns Evening 2018.
‘And naturally it is usually dense, wealthy and meaty. As most individuals do on Burns Evening, I’ve all the time paired my haggis, neeps and tatties with whisk(e)y, but when I had been to decide on a wine, I’d most likely go for a juicy, fruit-driven purple, the place the tannins wouldn’t compete an excessive amount of,’ mentioned Gellie, who can also be regional editor for Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
‘Perhaps a cru Beaujolais, a modern Chilean País or Carignan or a Shiraz-Grenache mix,’ she mentioned.
Fruit-driven purple wines with good acidity are more likely to be a greater guess than bottles with closely pronounced tannins or oak, which may overpower the flavours of the dish.
Natalie Earl, Decanter regional editor for France (excl. Bordeaux and Burgundy), mentioned she would get pleasure from vegetarian haggis with a German Spätburgunder.
‘Each have an earthy, savoury character, and the Spätburgunder is mild sufficient to not make the entire mixture too wealthy,’ she mentioned.
In case you’re searching for white wines to pair with haggis, refreshing acidity can nonetheless assist to carry the dish however take into consideration a making an attempt a mode with sufficient richness to face as much as the flavours. Choices may embody riper kinds of Viognier, in addition to Chardonnays with a contact of oak or creamy texture from malolactic fermentation.
In case you’re planning to stay to spirits, right here is our information to Scotch whisky for Burns Evening.
Wines to drink with haggis: Current opinions by our consultants
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