Vegetable
Habanero Pepper
About This Entry
Habanero delivers intense floral heat — Caribbean and hot-sauce contexts demand off-dry Riesling, beer, or sweet cocktails over tannic reds.
Wine Pairing Explanation
Primary wine styles
Regional Context
MX
At a Glance
Group
Nightshades
Classification
Vegetables
Culinary role
fruit vegetable
Scientific name
Capsicum chinense
Scientific Classification
- Display name
- Habanero Pepper
- Classification
- Vegetables
- Group
- Nightshades
- Scientific name
- Capsicum chinense
Taxonomy
- Culinary role
- fruit vegetable
- Plant part
- fruit vegetable
- Texture
- succulent
- Moisture class
- medium
- Flavor intensity
- pungent
- Seasonality
- summer