Alicia Goncalves
Braised Beef Jardinière and Duchess Potatoes is tender beef, slowly cooked in tomato sauce with carrots and peas, accompanied by mashed potatoes that have been piped.
Best wines to pair this hearty dish are:
2011 CMS Columbia Valley Red Blend
2018 Beeslaar Pinotage, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2021 Tilia Malbec Syrah, Mendoza, Argentina
My red wine of choice to pair with Braised Beef Jardinière and Duchess Potatoes is an old and original red wine blend called CMS Columbia Valley Red Blend, vintage in 2011. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah are the best red wines to pair with braised beef and mashed potatoes. I believe blending those three grapes would go perfectly with this homiest but delicious dish. The characteristics of this wine is its ruby color, medium-high body. The high tannins that contain this wine will not only match the dense stew dish, but also enhance the blackberry and cherry fruits flavor of this wine. In addition, this wine has hits of aromas such as tobacco, herbs, and vanilla.
Washington State, Columbia Valley
Even though Washington state is one of the young industries, Washington has expanded their red wine grapes significantly fast. The Columbia Valley climate has limited rainfall because the Cascade Mountain range blocks the rain. However, Columbia River is responsible for providing irrigation for grape growing. In addition, its soil is loess, as the Missoula floods produced the windblown silt and sand that formed the soil, successfully producing aromatic wines in Washington State.
