Everyone has a favorite red wine they absolutely love to drink and bring to parties. Of course, it's essential to know which cheeses pair up best with your favorite wines. If you're a pinot noir lover, you may want to stop and grab a wheel of gruyere. Gruyere works best with pinot noir because the wine has berry undertones and gruyere is a bit more nutty. Like we all love berries and nuts mixed together, these two cheeses are a perfect pair (via Wine Folly). Another wine and cheese pairing that gives off the berries and nuts flavors are malbec and gouda.
Cabernet sauvignon and aged cheddar are also great wine and cheese pairing for a dinner party or even a romantic night in. Cabernet sauvignon is a dryer wine, which is why it's great with aged cheddar — a fattier, more bodied cheese. The flavor of the cheddar works well to give the cabernet sauvignon a bit more umph. Tempranillo and idiazabal are both a Spanish wine and a Spanish cheese, which is a great way to open your tastes buds for texture and flair.
Next time you go to your girlfriend's charcuterie party, impress them with one of these couples!
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