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Food and Wine Matching - Chicken

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   Chicken
OVERALL WINNER: Chicken dishes vary hugely in style depending on how they are cooked, but you cannot really go wrong with a simple Chardonnay - not too overpowering for the delicate flavour.
Roast Chicken, Barbecued Chicken, Chicken Fricassée
Unoaked or lightly oaked, fragrant Whites go best with everyday Chicken dishes and a simple Chardonnay is a safe bet with most. If you don't fancy a Chardonnay try dry White Bordeaux . For Roast Chicken with all the trimmings a mature Red Bordeaux is an alternative.
Chicken Kiev, Chicken Pie
Because Chicken Kiev is quite a greasy dish it will need a wine with noticeable acidity, so select wines from cooler climates. Chablis would be an excellent choice or to compete with all that garlic a White Rioja would also be good.

Chicken Pie is quite likely to contain a creamy sauce which will need acidity but also cope with richer wines like warm climate Chardonnays such as those from Australia or North America.
Chicken Chasseur, Chicken Casseroles/Stews, Coq-au-Vin
High-acid wines are needed if tomatoes feature heavily in the sauce and an Italian Red is probably the most tomato-friendly wine. To match the gameyness of the mushrooms in Chicken Chasseur choose a light-bodied Merlot.

Stew and Casserole ingredients vary enormously but a Southern French Red or White should cope with most things. The rule for Coq-au-Vin is cook with the best wine you can afford and then drink the same, and this would be a Red Burgundy traditionally.

Alternatively a chunkier Beaujolais or New World Pinot Noirs such as those from New Zealand and Australia should also work well.

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