Last Thursday, La Tartine Gourmande provided a recipe for what looks like a fantastic Chocolate Cherry Clafoutis that is calling out and begging me to try and make this weekend. What wine would go well with this?

I’ve got a bottle of Selak’s dessert wine in the fridge (have since 2004), but I’m on the fence about it. I don’t want to open it, if it isn’t going to suit the clafoutis.

Having not seen the recipe for the choco-cherry cake, one may assume it will be fairly dense. If so, not sure if I would suggest a dessert wine. I would even craze it up a bit, by using a high-in-alcohol red wine… especially a nice Nero d’Avola from Sicily, the sun-drenched grapes should balance out that sweet and bitter chocolate and sweet cherry flavors — and remember, alcohol works like a straight razor, slicing through flavor, and not for more delicate dishes.

BTW, Selaks is a dessert within itself, but if you must pair it, do so with a lemon cheesecake, flan… or simple vanilla ice cream would work best for me.

Any doubters to the recommend? Bring it on!