Wine with Leslie: What to drink on Christmas Day — and what I drink with pizza
What to drink at Christmas? Don’t be afraid to simply serve your favourite wine of any colour.
The big day will soon be upon us and you are probably wondering if I have a wine to recommend for Christmas Dinner. This is a difficult question as there are too many flavours on the Christmas dinner table to pick just one wine. Big wines are best — so think Californian Zinfandel, Gigondas or Châteauneuf-du-Pape or even aged fine quality Bordeaux. Also please don’t be afraid to simply serve your favourite wine of any colour.
Having said that, I will say that the brown turkey meat, especially on a bronze turkey, is a perfect match for Pinot Noir and does quite well with Nebbiolo (Barolo, Barbaresco, Langhe etc.) With this in mind, I recommend a delightful red Burgundy here, imported by David Whelehan. If you feel it is too late to order from David’s shop in Dublin, I am fairly sure you won’t be disappointed by another Marnages stocked by Bubble Brothers in the English Market from the exact same Premier Cru Climat in Maranges — Bertrand Bachelet Maranges 1er Cru ‘Les Clos Roussots’ (€47) — I haven’t tried their Maranges recently but Bachelet is a reliable producer.
