Winemaker Notes
This wine shows a lovely pink color, with delicate aromas of summer fruits. Full flavored and refreshing with a lingering finish. It is delicious as an aperitif. A perfect accompaniment to starters, salads, and grilled fish or meats.
Blend: 80% Grenache, 10% Cinsault, 10% Syrah
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2020 Les Dauphins Cotes du Rhone is soft yet lively. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits aromas and flavors of ripe, dried fruits and hints of blackberries. Serve it with grilled gruyere-topped hamburgers. (Tasted: December 3, 2022, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Enthusiast
Notes of cut slate and basalt introduce this invigorating, dry blend of Grenache (70%), Cinsault (10%) and Syrah (10%). Pale pink in hue and light in body, it highlights zesty sour-cherry and raspberry flavors along with a pleasantly herbal finish. Best enjoyed young. Best Buy
Whether it’s playful and fun or savory and serious, most rosé today is not your grandmother’s White Zinfandel, though that category remains strong. Pink wine has recently become quite trendy, and this time around it’s commonly quite dry. Since the pigment in red wines comes from keeping fermenting juice in contact with the grape skins for an extended period, it follows that a pink wine can be made using just a brief period of skin contact—usually just a couple of days. The resulting color depends on grape variety and winemaking style, ranging from pale salmon to deep magenta.
Typically thought of as a baby Chateâuneuf-du-Pape, the term Côtes du Rhône actually doesn’t merely apply to the flatter outskirts of the major southern Rhône appellations, it also includes the fringes of well-respected northern Rhône appellations. White wines can be produced under the appellation name, but very little is actually made.
The region offers some of the best values in France and even some first-rate and age-worthy reds. Red wine varieties include most of the Chateâuneuf-du-Pape varieties like Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Cinsault, and Counoise, as well as Carignan. White grapes grown include Grenache blanc, Roussanne and Viognier, among others.