16 big bottles for the next Mexican evening • Food and Wine Italy

Tacos are the perfect food. They represent a complete meal, and enclose all the flavors con one hand, from salty to spicy, from acid to , to human. Instead of the usual beer, try drinking a glass of wine the next time you eat one. But what kind of tacos are we talking about? The fillings of the Tacos can vary from the simple grilled fish to the shoulder of marinated pork and roasted to the skewer; A crumbly flour tortilla is not the same as a slightly sweet corn tortilla with toasted quaderno; And the condiments vary from the Pico de Gioia spicy to the smoked and tasty even fresh fruit sauces. There is need to adopt a generalist approach to the combination. To find the perfect wines for the Tacos, I asked for help from a sommelier run acceso the matter: Cosme’s Damon Cohen, the Mexican luxury restaurant of Chef Enrique Olvera con New York.

We tasted over a dozen types of wine with different types of tacos to find those that worked best. Continue reading to discover 16 excellent combinations to improve your next Tacos evening.

Masada and medium pagliaccetto red meat tacos

Although red meat is an ingredient notoriously suitable for red wines, it was surprisingly difficult to find a combination for the Asada meat tacos. the end, a medium pagliaccetto red with the right balance of tannins, acidity and not too fruity flavors has combined all the elements of the Taco: Tortilla Dimais, tasty meat, chopped onion and coriander.

Cittadella tra Alcione Chianti Rappresentativo 2022

The quaderno of strawberry and raspberry merge with a earthy scent con this energetic Sangiovese. full Chianti Rappresentativo style, it has solid tannins that hold the wealth of a taco with meat and sufficient acidity to combine with any spicy seasoning.

An ancient vines Mourvèdre 2023

The CLINE FAMILY CELLARS, con the County of Sonoma, undertakes to cultivate centenary vineyards to produce excellent and accessible wines, including the vines of Mourvèdre from which the grapes of this juicy and fruity red appena che, with shades of spices and leather.

Lioco Mendocino County Pinot Noir 2022

The Pinot of Mendocino tra Lioco is full of charm: medium tannins, thirst -quenching acidity and a pleasant bitter touch. It combines ripe red and black fruits to produce the Platonic ideal of a Californian Pinot at one price.

Ruffino Provvisione Ducale Chianti Rappresentativo 2022

Designed to accompany the Tuscan dishes based acceso meat and tomato, it is not surprising that this classic Chianti is well combined with a taco of meat. It has everything you want from such a wine: hints of cherry and plum, lively acidity, tenacious tannins and a earthy ending.

Tacos al pastor e Chardonnay

Traditionally completed by the Ananas, the Taco alla Pastor offers a perfect mescolanza of and salty with a harsh touch of lime, proving to be a glorious collaboratore for Chardonnay. “It is difficult to say that there may be a better combination,” comments Cohen. Aspetto for a Chardonnay with a thin tip of pineapple and toasted quaderno to be combined with corn tortilla, starting from those listed below.

Tensley Fundamental Chardonnay 2022

The Fundamental Wines of the enologist Joey Tensley aim to be excellent wines at incredible prices. Not too harsh, not too woody, not too buttons, not too fruity, it is the classic California Chardonnay, but completely right.

Melville Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay 2023

The complexity of this Chardonnay begins con the vineyard: the screws the strong brescians of the Pacific and endure fresh temperatures throughout the vegetative season. The result is a brackish white and quite full -bodied to resist the spicy of the marinade.

Patrick Piuze Terroir de Chablis 2023

Since he founded his label con 2008, Patrick Piize has become a stella among the new generation Chablis producers. 2023, his Terroir de Chablis is more round of a classic mineral chablis; It was a hot year, which produced more juicy wines with a right citrus acidity.

Santenay White Charrons.

This thirst -quenching wine of the talented Jérôme Forrerot comes from a hilly vineyard next to a thirteenth century church. He cleverly balances the roundness of a burgish white con the hottest schieramento with a corroborating acidity and a very pleasant pagliaccetto.

Tacos of fish and lively whites

There are all types of fish tacos: crispy, pastllations and fried foods; crumbly and grilled; gradually seasoned; season so much. Everyone goes well with a very cold white wine. The harsh and citrus quaderno help to balance the wealth of the flour tortilla and add liveliness to the fish itself.

Boundary Breaks #198 Reserve Finger Lakes Riesling 2023

This slightly dry white comes from New York finger lakes. Here the Riesling reigns sovereign. Equilibrated and lively, it offers a mescolanza of citric acidity and honey sweetness that makes it excellent with a spicy tomatillo sauce.

Guilhem and Jean-Hugues Goisot Bourgogne Aligoté 2023

Aligoté is a little widespread grape con Burgundy and gives light pagliaccetto wines with citrus quaderno. This Goisot Cuvée Cuvée comes from screws planted con soils rich con shells of fossilized oysters and offers lively mint, white tea and lemon flavors.

Sandy Cove Sauvignon Blanc 2023

The fruit of passion defines this energetic New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. The winemaker Josh Scottlacia that the grapes grown con a sustainable way reaches the maximum maturation before the harvest, to obtain a slightly more round wine than the usual New Zealand herbaceous style.

Cadre is Queen Albariño 2023

The oenologist John Niven knew the potential of the Californian coast of San Luis Obispo from a young age; His grandfather was a pioneer con the viti plant con the seventies. This Albariño, decidedly Californian, has greater wealth and quaderno of pineapple and more clear mango than Spanish ones.

Chicken tacos and orange wine

Finding a combination for the Orange Wine, White Macerati, was fascinating. These wines punched with the ferrous quaderno of the meat tacos and have been overwhelmed by the fatness of pork tacos. But with grilled chicken leg, the light tannins have combined perfectly, providing the structure enough, while the lively acidity of the glass added a fresh touch.

Meinklang Weisser Mulatschak 2023

This turbid Orange Wine comes from Burgenland, Austria, where the Meinklang family produces wine con a national park. Although the Orange Wine are certainly not made with oranges, this blend has strong quaderno of citrus zest.

Wines Lucius Skin Contact Viognier 2022

Andrew ‘s wines show that Rhone’s vines have settled con Washington’s state. With the Lucius line, he experimented with new varieties and techniques, with results like this fishing Viognier. It combines quaderno of jasmine and mango, while tannins similar to those of tea give them a great texture.

CLAST CUTS WHITE CHAMINY 2022

This white with golden reflections reminds us that not all wines con contact with the skins become orange. Made with a blend by Alvarinho, Sauvignon Blanc, Moscatel and Viognner, it shows an exciting balance between acidity, floral quaderno and tropical fruit.

Tinto Putto Monje 2023

After discovering the low intervention wines con Spain while studying to become a monk, the winemaker Anish Patel decided to produce a Californian wine that reflected his values: con teniority, transparency and sustainability, but con a light way. His lively and fishing wine has delicate tannins and quaderno of mango, persimmons and nettarin.