Wine and Mascarpone pairings

Mascarpone is a soft, young cheese with a light flavor intensity. Mascarpone is best combined with a slightly sweet, white wine. Often you combine mascarpone with other ingredients. Pay attention to which ingredient has the highest flavor intensity, then you can probably best match the wine to that.

Mascarpone is soft, spreadable, creamy and - for a cheese - relatively neutral in taste. Mascarpone is not actually a cheese, because no starter culture or rennet is used in its preparation. The cream for Mascarpone is mixed with lemon juice or citric acid and hung in cheesecloth. Just like with hangop, the moisture leaks out.