Wine pairings for
Here are 3 recommended wine pairings for calzone. Click the button below to explore all options on the Verso app.
Aglianico del Vulture
Aglianico del Vulture — black cherry, leather, spices and firm tannins accompany Neapolitan calzone (folded pizza filled with ricotta-mozzarella-ham-salami); tannic structure holding the puffed dough and rich filling inside, volcanic edge echoing the tomato base, spices prolonging the salami cooked inside.
Greco di Tufo
Greco di Tufo (native Campanian grape on Avellino tuffaceous stones, near Naples) — yellow peach, pineapple, toasted almond and volcanic minerality form the canonical Neapolitan white pairing for calzone; local wine of the same region, oily roundness wrapping the creamy buffalo ricotta inside, volcanic notes mirroring Naples soil.
Chianti Classico
Chianti Classico (minimum 80% Sangiovese on Tuscan hills between Florence and Siena) — cherry, dried tomato, Mediterranean herbs and leather form the northern Italian pairing for calzone; Sangiovese's tomato acidity answering the calzone's tomato base, herbs prolonging oregano, fine tannins holding the mozzarella and ham cooked together.