Wine with steak
Meat
Grilled or pan-fried beef wants tannin. The protein and fat soften a firm red, and the char asks for dark fruit and oak.
12 rated grapes match steak.
Red grapes
Most known first- Cabernet Sauvignonfull, firm, blackcurrant and cedarVery full body
High acidity - Malbecplush, dark plum, cocoaFull body
Medium acidity - Petit Verdotdense, violet, black fruit, firmVery full body
High acidity - Tannatdense, dark, very tannicVery full body
High acidity - Marselansmooth, ripe, cassis and spiceFull body
Medium acidity - Touriga Nacionalviolet, dark fruit, powerfulVery full body
High acidity - Boğazkerefirm, dark fruit and spiceVery full body
High acidity - Castetsdark, substantial and firmly structuredFull body
Low acidity - Diolinoirdark, tannic, blackberry and violetFull body
Medium acidity - Mavrotraganofirm, red fruit and smokeFull body
High acidity - Tintiliadark, powerful, plum and roseFull body
High acidity - Oseletadense, firm and dark-berriedVery full body
High 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).