21 pairings
Touriga Nacional
Roast beef with Dow's Vintage Port: The dry finish handles rare red meat.
The short answer
Across 88 roast beef pairings on 88 of our bottle pages, the grapes our editors pour most often are Touriga Nacional (21), Pinot Noir (19), Tempranillo (17) and Merlot (12). For example, Dow's Vintage Port from Douro Valley with roast beef: The dry finish handles rare red meat.
By style: red 78, fortified 3, white 2 of the 88 pairings.
The wines that turn up most: VDP.Grosse Lage Pfalz, DOC Dão, DOC Douro, Pfalz Pradikatswein, Moulin-a-Vent, Rheingau Pradikatswein.
The best grapes for roast beef
19 pairings
Pinot Noir
Sauerbraten with Schweigener Sankt Paul Spatburgunder GG: Marinated raisin-and-vinegar pot-roast meets a peer in dense Pinot Noir.
17 pairings
Tempranillo
Roast beef with Quinta de Lemos Dona Georgina: The flagship red of a Silgueiros estate has the structure for a centrepiece roast.
12 pairings
Merlot
Roast beef ribeye with bordelaise sauce with Chateau Angelus: The wine's dark-fruit density and firm tannin is the textbook match for marbled beef with red-wine reduction.
10 pairings
Touriga Franca
Roast beef with Dow's Quinta do Bomfim Vintage Port: The dry finish suits red meat.
9 pairings
Cabernet Sauvignon
Beef Wellington with Cuvee 400eme: The wine's structure and warm spice carry rich beef and mushroom duxelles.
9 pairings
Syrah
Beef Wellington with Ermitage Le Pavillon: Puff pastry richness and mushroom duxelles match the wine's complexity.
6 pairings
Cabernet Franc
Truffle-studded roast beef fillet with Chateau Lafleur: Black truffle aromas and the wine's deep concentration find a natural pairing; tannin structure handles the fat.
Bottles to pour with roast beef
The best-rated pairings, one per producer and no more than two from any one region, so the list travels.
Beef Wellington
Puff pastry richness and mushroom duxelles match the wine's complexity.
Beef Wellington with black truffle
The wine's new oak, dark fruit, and cedar match the luxury combination of beef and truffle in pastry.
Beef Wellington with black truffle sauce
The concentration and complexity of this riserva-level Amarone demands a truly luxurious preparation.
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Roast beef ribeye with bordelaise sauce
The wine's dark-fruit density and firm tannin is the textbook match for marbled beef with red-wine reduction.
Roast beef tenderloin
Flaccianello's elegance partners equally elegant beef.
Roast beef with bone marrow
The firm structure and high acidity cut through marrow richness; the iron note echoes beef.
Sauerbraten
Marinated raisin-and-vinegar pot-roast meets a peer in dense Pinot Noir.
Truffle-studded roast beef fillet
Black truffle aromas and the wine's deep concentration find a natural pairing; tannin structure handles the fat.
Roast beef
The dry finish handles rare red meat.
Beef Wellington with mushroom duxelles
Fillet beef in pastry meets the wine's chalk and full body.
Roast beef rib
Eighteen months in barrique and a month of post-fermentation maceration make a wine that needs a substantial roast.
Roast beef with herb crust
TAL's firm tannins and dark-fruit core anchor a herb-crusted roast.
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pairings by region
- Pfalz: 15 pairings, Pfalz food and wine pairing
- Dão: 13 pairings, Dão food and wine pairing
- Douro Valley: 10 pairings, Douro Valley food and wine pairing
- Beaujolais: 5 pairings, Beaujolais food and wine pairing
- Bordeaux: 5 pairings, Bordeaux food and wine pairing
- Languedoc: 5 pairings, Languedoc food and wine pairing
- Loire Valley: 5 pairings, Loire Valley food and wine pairing
- Valpolicella: 5 pairings, Valpolicella food and wine pairing
- Abruzzo: 3 pairings, Abruzzo food and wine pairing
- Alto Adige: 3 pairings, Alto Adige food and wine pairing
- Rheingau: 3 pairings, Rheingau food and wine pairing
- Tuscany: 3 pairings, Tuscany food and wine pairing
Wine with roast beef, FAQ
What wine goes with roast beef?
Across 88 roast beef pairings on 88 of our bottle pages, the grapes our editors pour most often are Touriga Nacional (21), Pinot Noir (19), Tempranillo (17) and Merlot (12). For example, Dow's Vintage Port from Douro Valley with roast beef: The dry finish handles rare red meat.
Red or white wine with roast beef?
Most often red: of the 83 roast beef pairings, the split by style is red 94%, fortified 4% and white 2%. The bottles below show which of each work and why.
Which wine regions are best with roast beef?
The regions with the most roast beef pairings on our bottle pages are Pfalz, Dão and Douro Valley.