What wine pairs with lamb shanks?

Barossa Valley Shiraz

red · Shiraz · Barossa Valley · Australie — 17–18°C

Barossa Valley Shiraz (centenary pre-phylloxera bush vines on clay-sand soils 60km NE of Adelaide) — jammy blackberry, dark chocolate, black pepper and American oak form the classic Australian match for braised lamb shanks; spicy power holding the lamb shank braised 5h at 150°C, chocolate echoing the syrupy collagenous jus and the simmered tomato-rosemary-bay sauce.

Côtes du Rhône

red · Grenache, Syrah · Rhône · France — 16–17°C

Côtes du Rhône Rouge (Grenache-Syrah from southern Rhône on rolled pebbles and garrigue) — black cherry, garrigue, pepper and southern spices accompany braised lamb shanks in Mediterranean match; native garrigue (wild thyme-rosemary-bay) echoing Herbs de Provence studded in the shank, Grenache roundness wrapping the 5h-melting flesh, pepper prolonging black pepper in the jus.

McLaren Vale Shiraz

red · Shiraz · McLaren Vale · Australie — 17–18°C

Chocolatey, earthy McLaren Vale Shiraz embraces slowly braised lamb shanks.