Les Dauphins Côtes du Rhône Reserve Rouge 2016

Name: Les Dauphins Côtes du Rhône Reserve Rouge 2016
Brand: Les Dauphins
SKU: 02481
Price: 10.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$10.99

$9.89

SKU 02481

750ml

This is the perfect French café style red wine…easy-to-drink yet full of flavor, this has ripe red fruit and spicy licorice notes which are smooth and supple in a medium-bodied style. Côtes-du-Rhône is typically made of mostly Grenache, a red fruit-driven grape which picks up hints of thyme, pepper and purple flowers from the soils of the beautiful sun drenched vineyards in the south of France. Serve with chicken with Provencale herbs, Mediterranean fare, spicy bean soups, cheeses, olives, rosemary flatbreads and more...

Category	Red Wine
Varietals	Grenache Syrah Mourvédre
Region	France, Rhone, Cotes du Rhone
Brand	Les Dauphins
Alcohol/vol	13%

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