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Smoked almonds
Smoked almonds are salt, fat, toasted nut and wood smoke, and they want a dry wine with enough acidity for the salt and a nutty or yeasty character to meet the roast. Firm tannin and smoke together taste bitter. Sweet, fruity wines sit awkwardly beside something so savoury.
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