Spring red wine pairing
My husband and I received a bottle of Kosta Browne Pinot Noir as a wedding gift, meant to be enjoyed on our 5th anniversary. We missed drinking it on that date as I'm pregnant but after my due date in late May we plan to celebrate with it then. What would be a special entree that is both spring appropriate/seasonal and pairs well with red wine?
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And BTW: Whoever gave you this wine loves you. It's special.
That's quite some gift....lots of critical acclaim, and delicious fruity descriptors. Have a look:
https://www.wine.com/product/kosta-browne-sonoma-coast-pinot-noir-2013/141195#
They recommend
* pink fleshed fish (salmon, ocean trout, tuna)
* poultry (chicken, quail, duck)
* boeuf bourgignon
* stands up to spicy food
* good with vegetarian dishes, especially mushrooms.
With that wide a spread, you will very likely be able to make a main dish to your taste.
You could tailor it to spring with some fresh young vegetables in a stew or as a side dish - ramps, fiddleheads, spring onions, lots of herbs on top of a bed of young tender lettuce.
Wishing you a safe delivery and a joyous beginning as a new family....maybe save a taste for the baby, to indoctrinate him/her in the good life. ;)
My suggestion is that you contact the winery directly for their food pairing recommendations, being very specific about the exact bottling.
We could give you general recommendations on pairing food with red wine, but since California pinot noir producers make an incredibly wide spread of wine styles, it would be unlikely that any suggestion here might be the best match for your particular bottle.
Also, it is worth noting that California's multi-year drought has resulted in some rather pronounced differences between vintages even from the same producer and vineyard.
Congratulations on your pregnancy and best of luck.