Four to enjoy: what to drink this week

Updated July 13 2021 - 1:19pm, first published 11:30am

Cellier de Dauphins 2018 Grenache-Syrah; $20.

Four to enjoy: what to drink this week
Four to enjoy: what to drink this week

FROM France's southern Cotes du Rhone Region, this is a blend of 80% grenache and 20% syrah (aka shiraz). It is ruby red and has 13.5% alcohol, potpourri aromas and ripe black cherry front-palate flavour. The middle plate displays blackberry, licorice, spice and savoury oak and the finish has minty tannins. It's available at singlevineyards.com and independent bottle shops and would be a good match for veal ragu with potato gnocchi. It will cellar for four years. Cellier de Dauphins is the largest producer of Cotes du Rhone wines and is an amalgam of 13 member co-operatives with 18,000 hectares of vines. The brand name comes from the fact that many of the vineyards are on land once owned by the Dauphin, the son of the French king.

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