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Cellier des Dauphins Cotes du Rhone Reserve 2023 750ml
🇫🇷 Black cherry, spice & velvety — one of the great Côtes du Rhône overachievers.
Cellier des Dauphins Côtes du Rhône Réserve 2023 750ml
Cellier des Dauphins is one of the Rhône Valley's most celebrated cooperative producers — a benchmark name for value-driven, terroir-expressive wines from the Côtes du Rhône appellation. The Réserve is their flagship red: a Grenache-led blend that delivers a modern, polished take on the traditional Rhône style — combining struct...Show More >
Cellier des Dauphins Côtes du Rhône Réserve 2023 750ml
Cellier des Dauphins is one of the Rhône Valley's most celebrated cooperative producers — a benchmark name for value-driven, terroir-expressive wines from the Côtes du Rhône appellation. The Réserve is their flagship red: a Grenache-led blend that delivers a modern, polished take on the traditional Rhône style — combining structure, freshness, and velvety tannins with the generous sun-ripened fruit character that makes this region so irresistible.
The 2023 vintage is exceptional — earning a remarkable 93 points from James Suckling, a score that places it among the finest Côtes du Rhônes on the market at any price. Full-bodied, elegantly structured, and built for the table, this is a wine that dramatically overdelivers at $14.99.
"If all Côtes-du-Rhônes were as good as this, then the appellation would have a much better reputation. This deftly combines a full body and ample velvety tannins with a generous red fruit character plus hot earth and spice nuances. Excellent balance in the long, surprisingly elegant finish. Drink or hold." — James Suckling, 93 pts. (Vintage 2023).
- Producer: Cellier des Dauphins, Côtes du Rhône, Southern Rhône, France
- Appellation: Côtes du Rhône AOC
- Blend: Grenache, Syrah
- Vintage: 2023
- Style: Full-bodied, velvety, modern Southern Rhône red
- Tasting Notes: Black cherry, blackcurrant, sun-ripened black fruit, hot earth, spice, velvety tannins, long elegant finish
- Best Paired With: Grilled lamb, beef daube, duck confit, ratatouille, or aged Comté
- James Suckling: 93
One of the great Côtes du Rhône overachievers — Cellier des Dauphins Réserve 2023 is the bottle that makes you wonder why you ever spent more.
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Wine Information:
Country: France
Region: Rhone
Sub-Region:
Appellation: Cotes-du-Rhone
Variety: Grenache, Syrah
Type: Reds
Size: 750ml
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This wine displays a deep red hue with ruby tints and notes of sun-ripened black fruit on the nose. The palate offers a velvety texture and spicy notes underpinned by ripe black fruit, blackcurrants and black cherries. A more modern take on the traditional Côtes du Rhône style, this wine combines structure, freshness and smooth tannins. It has a seductively elegant, intense and long-lingering finish.
Expert Reviews - Prior Vintage 2022
James Suckling 90 Points | A generous Cotes du Rhone with stacks of blackberry and red berry fruit plus a touch of licorice. The ample soft tannins on the full-bodied palate give this an attractively velvety mouthfeel, then comes a blast of blueberry at the generous, but moderately dry finish. A cuvee of 60% grenache and 40% syrah.
Wine Enthusiast 90 Points | Made from 60% Grenache and 40% Syrah, this wine offers black plums with high tones of cranberry, Kirsch cherry and wild thyme. The palate is savory and rustic with upfront tannins that support hints of tart red fruits alongside its ripe black fruited profile. This should be an easy-drinking selection for a charcuterie night with friends.