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Wine
with Prime Rib
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Prime
Rib is a single serving cut from a Standing Rib Roast. It
is a very flavorful and delicious cut of beef that is extemely
tender when prepared properly. A Standing Rib Roast is found
between the Short Loin and the Chuck and still has the rib bones
attached. When ordering Prime Rib in a restaurant, you should
request an end piece if you want it to be less rare; or, you
should request a center piece for less well done.
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In many
cases, Prime Rib is actually a popular but incorrect name for
this cut of Beef. Only in the best restaurants are you likely
to find beef that is actually graded 'Prime'. In supermarkets
and most meat markets, the best grade of beef you are likely
to find is 'Choice'.
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Because
of the great flavor of Prime Rib and the fat that is in and
around much of the meat, it is an ideal food to go with Cabernet
Sauvignon, Red
Bordeaux or Merlot.
Other wines such as Pinot
Noir, Red
Burgundy, Zinfandel
or Syrah/Shiraz
will work but the bigger wines previously mentioned will be
better.
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You
should avoid getting a very good (read as 'expensive') Cabernet,
Bordeaux or Merlot that is young and very tannic. While a young
tannic wine will work, you'll enjoy a wine with more age in
which the tannins have subsided somewhat.
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