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[CEO]

What is the best wines to serve with Lamb Chops? (baked, & grilled)

What is the best wines to serve with Crown Roast Rack of Lamb?

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[Thomas]

Last night I had a dinner of lamb chops--grilled--with a sauce of Madeira, soy and beef stock with shallots, garlic and rosemary. The lamb went well, as it often does, with a wine including syrah; the one I had was in fact a blend of syrah, grenache, cabernet sauvignon and merlot, and it was produced in Languedoc, Coteaux du Besille--quite a match.

Most lamb dishes are fine with a peppery syrah (shiraz) from anywhere, or a Rhone or Spanish wine heavy in garnachia (grenache) or monastrell (mourvedre)--Carchello, from Jumilla, comes to mind, heavy in mourvedre.

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[Randy Caparoso]

If the sauce isn't sweet -- basically, natural juices -- it's hard to go wrong with a Cabernet Sauvignon or Bordeaux.

If the sauce is sweet -- like a Port sauce or finished with Madeira -- then, yes, stick to a Syrah based wine (especially Shiraz from Australia) which has sweet, fragrant fruit tones in the aroma and flavor (although these reds are dry).

[Innkeeper]

If you need kosher wine, look for Baron Herzog. Don't know if he makes a syrah, but he does make a decent cabernet sauvignon, which is a much better alternative to Manischewitz.