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Grana Padano and wine |
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 Combinations are the fruit of personal tastes that have been honed over years of experience and entered into the language of taste. At times connoisseurs opt for traditional combinations, at others they invent new and stimulating combinations to delight their palates. Wine and cheese have, perhaps, the most versatile of all gastronomic relationships.
Finding the right wine to complement Grana Padano is exciting because there is a whole host of exquisite, popular wines to choose from.
The intense, alluring aroma of Grana Padano whets the appetite and prepares the palate for a wealth of tastes and scents.
The choice ranges from champagne or a fine Italian Brut to wine whites with a dense, lingering bouquet of fresh fruit. Cask-aged wines are also excellent as their spices blend with hints of plums and dried figs.
For red wine lovers, Grana Padano is the perfect complement both to medium-bodied wines and also to more sophisticated full-bodied, tannic wines, such as Brunello and Barolo.
 Furthermore, Grana Padano that has been aged for more than two years is slightly more flavoursome and mildly spicy, hence it weds beautifully with the contrasting tastes of fortified wines such as Marsala Soleras and with raisin wines, which temper Grana Padano's aggressive streak and restore harmony and balance to the palate.
Blending food and wine is both sport and art, based not only on a set of concise, common rules, but also on an experienced palate and individual taste.
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