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Which wine for an Easter meal?
As Easter approaches, are you unsure which wine to choose to accompany your meal? Browse our range of specially selected vintages, offering refined food and wine pairings to enhance your Easter lunch. You'll also find advice on how to harmonize wine and chocolate, to ensure a memorable and festive Easter. A movable feast set by the moon, Easter is celebrated on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25, so it always lands in spring. Here, you buy each bottle from its producer.
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Lamb, Fish, Chocolate: Wines for an Easter Menu
A full Easter spread often travels from fish to spring lamb and ends on chocolate. The pointers below cover the whole route: bubbles for the aperitif, a dry, mineral white with the fish, a red with fine tannins for the lamb and a vin doux naturel, a fortified sweet wine, with the chocolate.
Which wine to choose for an Easter meal?
Easter is the perfect occasion to share a convivial meal with family or friends. Whether you opt for a traditional leg of lamb, a fish dish, or chocolates for dessert, it is essential to choose the right wine that will elevate each dish. Discover our selection of the best food and wine pairings, highlighting the most suitable grape varieties and appellations for your Easter menu.
A red wine to accompany the Easter lamb
The leg of lamb, the undisputed star of the Easter meal, pairs wonderfully with powerful and balanced red wines. To enhance this tender and flavorful meat, opt for wines with fine tannins and good structure.
Côtes-du-Rhône (Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre): round and spicy wines that highlight the aromas of lamb.
Saint-Chinian (Syrah, Grenache, Carignan): an expressive wine with notes of garrigue and black fruits.
Pinot Noir from Burgundy: elegant and fine, it pairs perfectly with a herb-roasted leg of lamb.
A white wine to elevate fish dishes
If your Easter menu features fish or seafood, a fresh and mineral white wine is the perfect choice to accompany delicate dishes.
Sancerre (Sauvignon Blanc): vibrant acidity and citrus notes to balance the delicacy of the fish.
Jurançon Sec (Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng, Courbu): an aromatic and expressive wine, ideal for marinated salmon or cod in sauce.
Chardonnay from Limoux: a wine with beautiful roundness and slight woody notes that pair well with creamy fish dishes.
A sparkling wine for a festive aperitif
Nothing beats a sparkling wine to start your Easter meal with lightness and elegance.
Champagne Premier Cru (Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Meunier): a wine with beautiful aromatic complexity to accompany refined appetizers.
Blanquette de Limoux (Mauzac, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc): light, fruity bubbles for a convivial aperitif.
Crémant de Bourgogne (Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Aligoté, Gamay): an elegant alternative to Champagne with great freshness.
Which wine with Easter chocolate?
Chocolate lovers will enjoy a naturally sweet wine with fruity and spicy notes, creating the perfect pairing with cocoa.
Maury (Grenache Noir): a powerful wine with aromas of black cherry, fig, and cocoa.
Banyuls (Grenache Noir, Carignan, Mourvèdre): round and aromatic with intensity that enhances dark and praline chocolates.
An Easter meal enhanced by the right wine
Choosing the right wine is key to enhancing each dish and making your Easter meal an unforgettable experience. Discover our selection of wines from the finest appellations and grape varieties, and enjoy with family or friends!
From Good Friday to Easter: Meatless First, Then the Feast
In Catholic tradition, Good Friday, when the Church marks the death of Christ, is a day of fasting and abstinence. The Code of Canon Law (canon 1251) calls for abstaining from meat that day, under rules set by each bishops' conference. In families who keep the custom, fish comes to the table two days before Sunday's lamb.
For Friday's fish, poached or grilled, pick a crisp white: a dry Alsace Riesling or Sylvaner, or a Picpoul de Pinet, a white from the Hérault in Languedoc. Their freshness suits a delicate fish simply finished with lemon or a few fresh herbs.
If you're hosting from Friday through Sunday, buy your dry whites along with the reds for the lamb. For fish baked in a gratin or en papillote, which turns out more tender, a rounder white, say a Mâcon or a white Côtes-du-Rhône, takes over.
Roast Kid, Ham, Lamb Cake: More Easter Pairings
What wine goes with roast kid at Easter?
With roast kid at Easter, a pale and tender meat, pour a light red with little tannin or a rounder dry white. A Beaujolais or a dry Loire Chenin Blanc suits the delicate meat, whether roasted or slow-cooked.
What wine goes with Easter ham?
With Easter ham, especially a glazed one, serve an aromatic white or a dry rosé. An Alsace Pinot Gris, a medium-dry Vouvray or a Provence rosé handles the salt of the ham and the sweetness of a honey or brown sugar glaze.
What wine goes with an Easter lamb cake?
With an Easter lamb cake, such as the Alsatian lamala, serve sweet bubbles for dessert. This light sponge cake, baked in a lamb-shaped mold and dusted with powdered sugar, goes well with a blanquette méthode ancestrale or a demi-sec Champagne.
Where can you buy wine for an Easter meal direct from the winemaker?
You can buy wine for your Easter meal direct from the winemaker on Avenue des Vins. Every wine's page lists its grape varieties.
See also: Wines and fish - Wine for your spring pies - Wines and desserts