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Video
Summary
So: what wine to pair with your roast lamb?
Our answers might surprise you.
Lamb is a classic in the wine-matching pantheon. But it’s not as easy as it may first seem. In fact, we’d argue a lot of supposed matches are way off the mark.
Lamb is a very delicate red meat so needs a specific kind of wine to get the best out of the combination. Sometimes (in fact, really quite often) the best style of wine to pair with lamb is…..white.
Failing that, an elegant red – but beware even the so-called classic pairings, because they don’t all work, as we explain.
Wines Featured
This episode is brought to you in association with Wine Club by Majestic – a new service where you subscribe to receive a different case of wine four times a year. What’s more, when you sign up you get the value of your first case back in money-off vouchers to spend in Majestic stores or online – plus a magazine that not only explains the wines but also gives you delicious recipes to match.
The wines are available from Majestic – or exclusively through the Wine Club, as per the notes. Prices are either for the whole case (for the Wine Club) or the mix-six price at Majestic. NB: Wine Club wines are available seasonally so will change in time (the current region at the time of publication is Spain and Portugal).
- Domaine Maire Heritage Chardonnay 2018, Côtes du Jura, France (from £12.99)
- Borsao Tocado Garnacha 2020, Campo de Borja, Spain (from £7.99 or £99 as part of the 12-bottle Discovery case from Wine Club by Majestic)
- Marqués de Riscal Rioja Reserva 2018, Spain (from £13.99)
Recipe
We’ve given this lamb a bit of a twist, to make it work year-round. It’s one we cook regularly – butterflied leg of lamb with salsa verde and tenderstem broccoli.
Download Lamb with Salsa Verde recipe
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