Dubonnet - Red Vermouth

Dubonnet - Red Vermouth

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Dubonnet is the brand name for a very specific aperitif wine that originated in France, created in 1846 by Joseph Dubonnet, a chemist and wine merchant.

Dubonnet designed his fortified wine to help make quinine more palatable to French soldiers battling malaria in North Africa. The result was Dubonnet Rouge, which is "a proprietary blend of herbs, spices, and peels."​ Quinine is also the key ingredient in tonic water, which was also created to fight off disease. Quinine brings in the bitter, dry taste present in both tonic and Dubonnet.

Dubonnet comes in two varieties with Dubonnet Rouge the more common of the two. It has a red wine base and is rich and semi-sweet. Find notes of orange, nuts, chocolate, and coffee in the taste.