The Pairing Library
Teriyaki Chicken
Teriyaki chicken is glazed in a glossy sauce of soy, mirin and sugar, sweet and salty with deep umami, so the wine needs a little fruit or sweetness to meet the glaze and low tannin so the umami does not turn it hard. Fruit-forward and supple is the way. Avoid firm tannin and oak.
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