URGENT... Haggis Wine Pairing!

[Non Doctor]

I have a screaming hot date arriving in 10 minutes and counting...

And... hehe... I'm serving her haggis... seriously... just my sense of humour I suppose...

I smuggled it back from Scotland at Hogmanay/New Year...

I'm Scottish and 1/4 Italian so I was thinking a little northern Italian red...

And although I do this food/wine match nonsense every day for a living I'll admit that I am BUGGERED when it comes to thinking up the perfect match here.

I have around 200 bottles of wine from all over, so please give me some tried-and-tested suggestions that you know work.

Thanks in advance!!!

[Akitist]

This topic just popped up on my radar. The situation is long past, but I can't help thinking of the date "screaming" when informed that haggis was on the menu. Unless she was a heckuva good sport.

[consultant_ca]

Yes: Malbec, Shiraz/Syrah, Rioja,

No: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir

[Bill Hunt]

I'm sorry, but I do not have the "stomach" for haggis, so a direct pairing is out of the question. OTOH, I'd grab a good Brut Rosé and hope for the best.

Hunt

[chrisinroch]

Thunderbird

[vickib]

I am dying to know what you drank with the haggis, and what on earth your date thought of it.

[maria lorraine]

I'm wondering why you served haggis to a screamingly hot date. But that's just me. I'm also wondering how the screamingly hot date went. Perhaps the wine(s) helped?

[moh]

Perhaps the wine is the only thing the hot date consumed! Haggis isn't to everyone's taste - although a lot more people like it if you don't tell them what it is!

Personally, I love the stuff. I think it would go great with a nice Chateauneuf-du-Pape.

[Chicago Mike]

Syrah or syrah blends are my number one choice here...

Rioja would be close second...

[zin1953]

Whisky

[carswell]

A medium-weight red with good fruit and some tannins. Left-bank Bordeaux, for example. Though Northern Italy's a diverse place winewise, chances are good your red would at least be OK.

Scotch is the classic pairing, of course.