A Carafe of Trattoria Red

Name: A Carafe of Trattoria Red
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 bottle Montepulciano d'Abruzzo or young Chianti; A carafe — pouring from the bottle misses the point

Serve when

Pour it with the amatriciana — the anonymous, perfect house red of every Roman lunch in the film.

What to drink

Wine flows through the film's whole Italian act — carafes on trattoria tables, glasses at the Thanksgiving feast — always the easy, unlabeled house red of a Roman lunch. That's the pairing: a bright, juicy Italian red served slightly cool and without ceremony. A Montepulciano d'Abruzzo or a young Chianti does exactly what the film's carafes do: makes the pasta better and the afternoon longer.

What to drink

House red in Rome isn't a wine decision, it's furniture — always there, always right with red sauce. Buy the cheerful bottle, serve it in a carafe, and it will taste like a long Roman lunch.

Ingredients

1 bottle Montepulciano d'Abruzzo or young Chianti
A carafe — pouring from the bottle misses the point

Method

Decant into a carafe, no ceremony, slightly cool.
Pour into small tumblers as the pasta lands.
Refill without asking. Il dolce far niente.