Dubonnet® Rouge
Dubonnet is the best-selling aperitif in America. Best described as a sweetened and fortified wine, its original calling was as an aperitif wine, one typically consumed before dinner to awaken and stimulate the appetite. While still popular as an aperitif, the brand has also become an ingredient in many contemporary cocktails.

Considered the grand dame of aperitifs, Dubonnet was created by Frenchman Joseph Dubonnet in 1846 as a restorative elixir for the French Foreign Legion on their missions to Africa and Asia. The brand’s two versions are still made according to the same secret recipes.

Light and refreshing, DUBONNET ROUGE is produced on a base of premium red wine that is infused with a proprietary blend of herbs, spices, peels and quinine. The wine is fortified with grape spirits to an elevated strength of 19% alcohol by volume. The famed aperitif is characteristically aromatic with a delicate body and a palate of tangy fruit. The finish is long and vaguely effervescent.

DUBONNET BLONDE is crafted on a base of white wine, fortified with grape spirits and infused with botanicals. It is drier than its red wine counterpart.

While both versions are a genuine pleasure to sip neat or over ice, they are enormously delicious when featured in signature cocktails.