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Wine with chocolate
Sweet
Chocolate is bitter, sweet and fatty. Sweet fortified reds and the darkest dessert wines match it; dry wines taste thin beside it.
8 rated grapes match chocolate: 7 red, 1 white or pink.
Red grapes
Most known first- Concordfoxy, grapey, sweet, jam-likeLight body
Medium acidity - Mavrodafnisweet, fortified, raisin and cocoaVery full body
Medium acidity - Black Muscatrose-scented, grapey, sweet, softMedium body
Medium acidity - Aleaticorose-scented, sweet, grapey, softMedium body
Medium acidity - Brachettosweet fizz, rose, strawberryLight body
Medium acidity - Frontenaccherry, high acid, cold hardyMedium body
Very high acidity - Ivesfoxy, dark, sweet, port styleLight body
Medium acidity
White and pink grapes
Most known firstSources
The pairings and the style profiles are our own assessment. Grape facts on the linked pages come from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0).