I bet you weren’t aware of the term Goth Lasagna before now. I was introduced to it during 2025, and it became one of my favorite foods. Which is why I spent a great deal of time pairing wine with it throughout the year.
Lasagna is defined by its distinctive layered structure of various elements that combine to create a rich dish that contains creamy layers and hearty fillings. Technically if you look up the definition of lasagna, it contains the word pasta describing the long thin strips that make up one of the layers – but replace pasta with carbohydrate layer – et voila – Goth Lasagna.
Now, I could make my own, and homemade goth lasagna is good, but I prefer to leave it to the professionals in the field to make goth lasagna and only purchase it when I’m craving it. I find most grocery stores have a decent selection of the product, but do find that establishments that specialize in lasagna baking are best.
Personally I prefer a lighter chocolate lasagna with a lighter wine like a Pinot Noir or a light red blend. A cabernet sauvignon needs a dark chocolate lasagna, sometimes with a cherry or strawberry layer added – but it is not required. Merlot’s and Malbec’s pair well with either. Mourvèdre is a great pairing too.
There are quite a few pictured below with Barons Creek as I was finishing up my subscription with them and well, I generally didn’t pair anything exciting food-wise with them on a Monday night, but they worked well with Goth Lasagna. So, that made the bottle work.
One thing I noted when writing up this post is that the blends mostly contained Petite Verdot or Petite Sirah. Ron Yates’ leads with Merlot (followed by Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Verdot) which is always an excellent choice for a pairing. Barons Creek Hippo is 100% Grenache which is also an excellent choice with the darker variety of Goth Lasagna. The Barons Creek Le Baron is Petite Verdot and Petite Sirah. A Petite Sirah or a Petite Verdot on its own is good.
Final Thoughts
Overall, I tried many more variation’s of wine and Goth Lasagna throughout the year, I just didn’t photograph all of them. The most unusual pairing was the Farmhouse Vineyard’s Prohibition Rose – which is mostly Cinsault – it worked much better than I expected, and the fruitiness of the wine balanced out the dark chocolate layers.
I hope you find time to enjoy Goth Lasagna in 2026 and realize that unlike chocolate cake which is a dessert, Goth Lasagna is main course – since it’s lasagna.
