Chardonnay
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Bottle answer
Best Wine for Roast Chicken
Roast chicken is flexible, so the sauce matters more than the bird.
Fast answer
Roast chicken is flexible, so the sauce matters more than the bird.
Useful wines for roast chicken, herbs, lemon, garlic, and pan sauce.
Pinot Noir
Use this when the meal, budget, or mood points this way.
Chenin Blanc
Use this when the meal, budget, or mood points this way.
Côtes du Rhône
Use this when the meal, budget, or mood points this way.
What to avoid
Avoid very tannic reds with lemony chicken.
Food lane
Roast chicken, rotisserie chicken, herb chicken, lemon chicken, and chicken with mushrooms.
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