Wine with creamy pasta and sauces
Vegetables and grains
Cream, butter and cheese sauces want a full white with enough acidity to cut the fat. Oaked Chardonnay and the Rhône whites fit.
20 rated grapes match creamy pasta and sauces.
Grapes
Most known first- Chardonnayapple to tropical, creamy when oakedFull body
Medium acidity - Savagninsharp, nutty, oxidative, salineMedium body
Very high acidity - Roussanneherbal tea, pear, fullFull body
Medium acidity - Grenache Blancfull, soft, pear, low acidFull body
Low acidity - Marsannewaxy, honeysuckle, richFull body
Low acidity - Auxerrois Blancsoft, round, gentle, low acidMedium body
Low acidity - Clairette blanchefull, soft, apple, low acidMedium body
Low acidity - Jacquèrelight alpine white, lemon, flintyVery light body
High acidity - Len de l'Elsoft Gaillac white, apple, low acidMedium body
Low acidity - Albillofull, glyceric, low acidFull body
Low acidity - Altessehoneyed, bergamot, ages wellMedium body
High acidity - Baroquefull Tursan white, pear, floralFull body
Medium acidity - Antão Vazfull, tropical, citrus and mineralFull body
Medium acidity - Arboisrounded, restrained and softly texturedMedium body
Low acidity - Camaraletample, honeyed and delicately spicedFull body
Medium acidity - Completerrich, quince, apple and honeyFull body
Very high acidity - Encruzadotextured, citrus, flowers and mineralFull body
High acidity - Traminettefloral, citrusy and lightly spicedMedium body
High acidity - Viosinhofull, fragrant and freshly balancedFull body
Medium acidity - Chardonelrounded, fresh and orchard-fruitedFull body
Medium acidity
Sources
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).