What to drink with Chinese noodles?

This year the Chinese New Year will take place on January 28th. It is the year of the Red Fire Rooster. On this occasion we will be taking a look back at some typical Chinese dishes and suggest that you pair them with wines. Today, lights on Chinese noodles. Les Grappes offers you some advice to accompany your dish!

If you are in a hurry

In case of emergency, you will have to choose a white wine: either a rather young sweet white wine or a dry primeur wine.

• A wine from Alsace
• A wine from the South of France.

The Perfect Match

The Chinese noodles are a rather fatty dish, often served in sauce: you will need a lively wine to oppose the fatness of the dish. Also, you can stay in the palette of flavours and choose a wine that will go well with the sweet flavours of the dish.

For that we propose you to serve white wines!

Opt for a rather young sweet white wine, preferably from the vineyards of Alsace: Vouvray Mousseux or Crémant de Die or Clairette de Die. The freshness of these wines will underline the sweet and sometimes acidic side of the dish.

If you prefer to accentuate the opposition to the heaviness of the dish, turn to a young dry white wine, preferably from the South of France. For example, opt for a Muscadet primeur or a white Languedoc that will go perfectly with shrimp noodles.

The ideal appellations

To accompany your Chinese noodles, turn to a dry white wine Côtes de Provence, or a sweet white wine Alsace Vendanges tardives Riesling.

If it's a big occasion, you can choose an Alsace Grand cru Fustentum late harvest Gewurztraminer to mark the occasion!

Chinese Noodles, a varied dish

If this dish can be eaten in any season, it is probably because the ingredients that can be used vary. In fact, the noodles are accompanied by different ingredients such as shrimps, vegetables, and different seasonings, such as ginger or sweet and sour sauce...

So in front of this large panel of noodles, we propose you to choose some wines which will go well with the dish in general.

Marie Lecrosnier-Wittkowsky (for Les Grappes)