Dessert to go with Chinato?

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SteveTimko

Steve Timko
I mentioned to some friends that I'm going to bring Chinato to our Labor Day get together. They asked what dessert would pair with that. I can't think of anything. I'm thinking it's by itself.

Can anyone suggest a dessert to pair with Chinato?
 
Convivio serves an affogato that seems to have changed (.pdf) since I had it, but when I did the liquid in it was coffee and amaro, and of course it went beautifully with amari. With the right meddling, I'm sure it could work with chinato, though you'd want to sacrifice some for the dessert to bind the ingredients.
 
Vergano serves his own chinato -- admittedly, a slightly deviant one -- with a splash of soda and a bit of orange rind, so perhaps a simple fresh fruit plate will work.
 
If it's the red Cappellano Chinato that I think it is I drank a bottle over a few days recently on the rocks with soda and a few inches of orange peel and it was fantastic as an aperitif. Enjoy, Steve!
 
Yes, Cappellano.
The one Chinato I've had before -- it was so good I went back for seconds -- was the Vergano poured by Vergano at Terroir.
Perhaps I should serve it as an apertif, although that might make enjoying other wines difficult until we've thoroughly cleansed our palates.
 
I think Cappellano is best by itself. It is meditation Chinato. And I myself like it slightly chilled, but after dinner, not before.

Otherwise, dried mission figs might well be a nice match.
 
originally posted by SteveTimko:
Dessert to go with Chinato?I mentioned to some friends that I'm going to bring Chinato to our Labor Day get together. They asked what dessert would pair with that. I can't think of anything. I'm thinking it's by itself.

Can anyone suggest a dessert to pair with Chinato?
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One of my favorite dessert pairings with Chinato, specifically Cappellano, was with a very spicy Gingerbread at J.Betski's in Raleigh. I think Chinato is one of the best wines to pair with Chocolate but the gingerbread pairing was singular...actually one of the best food and wine pairing in recent memory.

Cheers.
 
Ooh, I like that idea.

A very small gingerbread, though...because some of the chinato requires contemplation rather than complements.
 
Baldo used to offer it with a small square of good, dark chocolate. That'd be the conventional wisdom.

Now I'm going to have to have a wee dram of Roagna. Curses.
 
I might even be looking forward to Christmas fruitcake now.

Though I suppose Panettone might be more authentic. Though Panforte would seem to be better suited perhaps.

Something gianduia-y would be lovely, too, of course.
 
One of my favorite dessert pairings with Chinato, specifically Cappellano, was with a very spicy Gingerbread at J.Betski's in Raleigh. I think Chinato is one of the best wines to pair with Chocolate but the gingerbread pairing was singular...actually one of the best food and wine pairing in recent memory.

Cheers.
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Remembered this recommendation from a couple years back and just wanted to share that it is fantastic. Had both the Vergano nebbiolo and Cappellano chinati (correct plural?) with a rather spicy ginger spice cake last night to end a lovely meal and everything came together in a rather brilliant way.
The group tended to prefer the herbal quality of the Vergano a bit more than the richer and somewhat sweeter Cappellano but both were really lovely in their complexity and their individual perspectives.
 
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