Cioccolato Modicano and Wine

With all the festivities of Easter we did not spend as much time as we would like on this diary to talk about Eurochocolate. One of the more interesting events we attended during Eurochocolate was a discussion of how wine and chocolate can work together. Part of the challenge of this combination is the strength of the taste of the cioccolato Modicano, especially the chilli-based one.

We had two types of chocolate to taste and combine, one with chilli and one with cinnammon. For the cinnammon one, a combination with a sweet wine was quite effective. However, by far the most interesting was the combination between the chilli chocolate and an excellent quality marsala wine. You might think that marsala and chocolate is just too much sweetness together, however good marsala is anything but sickly sweet. It is a complex, slightly dry taste with an aftertaste that lingers on and develops in the mouth. This works well with the chocolate, which, after the initial sweetness, chilli then kicks in. The result on the pallet is, especially for a chocolate lover, quite an addictive combination.