Wine to go with Tandoori Chicken??

[ekeeney]

I am making Tandoori chicken thighs tonight, and I wasn't sure of what wine would best go good with it. Any suggestions?

[Bill Hunt]

Looking to the sommelier of a Michelin starred Indian restaurant in Mayfair, London, UK, Tamrind, which features a lot of great Tandoori, Riesling (both from Alsace and Germany).

Hunt

[collioure1]

Revising my earlier reply for this dish;

Pinot Blanc from Alsace. Alternately dry Gewurztraminer.

[goldangl95]

This is a little late, but red wines (IMHO) go fine with Tandoori Chicken as long as it does not have a lot of chili heat - which many renditions don't. I've had success w/ Gamay and Pinot Noir (I imagine Lambrusco would work as well). Also Rhone blends from France can work too - but that's trickier. The thing to look for is high acidity wines, low in alcohol, with a bit of a peppery/spicey component and low in tannins.

If there is a lot of chili heat (e.g. mouth tingling, sweating, nose running) you need something sweet or sparkly (or both) to counter.

[collioure]

All the food from this part of the world - East Africa, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India . . .

goes wonderfully with dry Pinot Gris. Alternately with about 20% of the dishes dry Gewurztraminer.

[Dr. Debs]

A nice rose from the Languedoc would also be excellent, and be a nice match to the richer thigh meat. I just had the 2005 Mas Grand Plagniol ($9.99) with chicken tikka masala and it was perfect.

[Chicago Mike]

Gewurztraminer or Riesling would be my first choices.

[ekeeney]

Awesome, thanks!!! I have a couple bottles of Riesling in the fridge!!

[chickstein]

I agree with you 100%. Riesling was all I thought of. Gewiz would be good too!

[maria lorraine]

Yep, those are the two. They need to be off-dry though to take on the spiciness.