Beef Tartare

Raw chopped beef with capers, mustard, herbs, egg yolk, and salty seasoning.

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Beef Tartare — wine by wine

Best Match

The dish Beef Tartare

The wine Crisp light red

Why it works

Beef tartare is delicate in texture but intense in seasoning. Crisp light red works here because it gives red-fruit lift, high refreshment, and very little tannin, so the wine stays nimble around salt, herbs, and lighter proteins. That makes the match feel deliberate: avoiding the metallic clash that tannic reds can create with raw fish, staying in the same weight class as the dish, with the wine refreshing the next bite rather than stealing the spotlight.

Wine style

Crisp light red value

A bright, chillable red style built on red fruit, low tannin, and refreshing acidity.

Traditional-method sparkling wine

Traditional-method sparkling wine works here because its bubbles, acidity, and leesy texture scrub the palate and make rich, fried, salty, or delicate foods feel precise.

splurge

Fino or Manzanilla Sherry

Fino or Manzanilla Sherry works here because its bone-dry, saline, almondy profile is outstanding with salt, seafood, olives, ham, and briny flavors.

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Bone-dry Riesling

Bone-dry Riesling works here because its piercing acidity and mineral drive give structure without oak, making delicate seafood and salty dishes taste sharper.

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Silky Pinot Noir

Silky Pinot Noir works here because it brings perfume, gentle tannin, and savory red fruit without forcing the food into a heavy red-wine frame.

mid

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