# Which wine goes best with roast turkey? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** wine\ **Created:** [November 28, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wine-goes-best-with-roast-turkey/674977 "2013-11-28T01:54:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wine-goes-best-with-roast-turkey/674977/21 "2013-11-29T22:21:40Z")
Try a Pinot Noir from Alsace. It’s a very light red, not quite a rosé. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wine-goes-best-with-roast-turkey/674977/22 "2013-11-30T01:53:36Z")
Last night I served three bottles so the guests could choose: 2011 BV Rutherford Cab Sauv Sonoma Cutrer white Coppola’s Sofia rose All three available at Costco and all three excellent. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wine-goes-best-with-roast-turkey/674977/23 "2013-11-30T02:10:39Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > True, but you have to know your wines to pick a good one that doesn’t taste like chewing on a barrel. 😛 Many of them now say “unoaked” on the bottle. **Second Stone** : Very nice selection!! My Pinot was a big hit. Someone brought a 1995 Silver Oak Cab that, while excellent, was just a bit much for the turkey. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wine-goes-best-with-roast-turkey/674977/24 "2013-11-30T02:30:06Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > My Pinot was a big hit. Someone brought a 1995 Silver Oak Cab that, while excellent, was just a bit much for the turkey. Napa or Alexander? Either way, there was a damn good reason that turkey was overshadowed. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wine-goes-best-with-roast-turkey/674977/25 "2013-11-30T17:21:51Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Napa or Alexander? Either way, there was a damn good reason that turkey was overshadowed. Napa. I think they just wanted to show off. It’s a fantastic wine, and I loved sipping it before we ate, but it would have been a waste to drink with turkey. That didn’t stop a few people, though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wine-goes-best-with-roast-turkey/674977/26 "2013-11-30T18:59:53Z")
Other than 1995 being a bit old for a California cab, that is a fantastic wine. Best I’ve ever served with turkey was 1982 BV Georges in about 1995. Yes, I was trying to show off, I found it for $15 mismarked at Lucky, and boy did it overshadow the turkey. Silver Oak is a very similar wine, and always, always of scintillating quality. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wine-goes-best-with-roast-turkey/674977/27 "2013-12-02T16:47:46Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Not a beer connoisseur by any stretch, perfectly happy with domestic macrobrews, but this sounds pretty interesting. How was it? Not bad , pretty inoffensive, no strong flavors. My friend who prefers IPAs that leave a face that you get after putting your tongue across the terminals of a 9v battery thought it a bit flavorless, my wife who prefers lagers said it was fine. ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wine-goes-best-with-roast-turkey/674977/28 "2013-12-02T21:19:06Z")
Our family always has a couple of bottles of Mateus Rose (from Portugal) with turkey. I’m not a huge white fan, and love red’s but there is something about Mateuse that goes very well with turkey. I always bring the Mateus to our family dinners, and the 1 time I forgot to bring the bottle I almost had a mutiny on my hands! MtM [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-wine-goes-best-with-roast-turkey/674977.md?page=1)