Rubis Chocolate Non Vintage Wine, 50 cl

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The wine is made in the usual way: grapes are harvested, pressed and fermented and then the wine is “fortified” with a neutral alcohol spirit (a very basic grape brandy). The Grape spirit and juice are then blended with premium dark chocolate to create the smooth silky red wine liqueur that is Rubis. The texture is similar to a Port wine, it is not at all gloopy or viscous, and has a sweet, velvety finish. Rubis Chocolate Wine Liqueur is a good partner to chocolates (experiment with milk or dark chocolates) and any chocolate-based desserts, puddings or cakes. If you are feeling naughty then why not drizzle it over ice-cream to bring a new element to your desert.

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The grapes are pressed in Spain with the juice being shipped over to England and fortified with grape spirit. Rubis Chocolate Wine is most often served on its own as a digestive or liqueur, most usually as an after dinner drink, or as a dessert wine. The palate is quite complex and has more red fruit and rich, dark, chocolate flavours with is a touch of spice at the back of the palate. The red wine base is made from 100% Tempranillo grapes sourced from the wine growing region of La Mancha in central Spain. All in all, an unusual drink, but a good balance of wine and chocolate, neither really dominates the other.We use cookies to enhance your site experience, improve our understanding analysing our site traffic finally to enable social media features. The fortified red wine is finally blended with chocolate essences and the producers of Rubis seem to have got the recipe just right! It can also be used as a cooking ingredient and could be substituted for Port or Sherry in recipes – I can imagine it in a chocolate trifle of some sort. to a spirit and this is a fortified wine with flavourings added, so I am going to go with the term Rubis Chocolate Wine Liqueur!

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The nose is a combination of red fruit notes, particularly red cherries, orange / citrus and, of course, lots of warming chocolate aromas.

This addition of alcohol stops fermentation whilst there is still a high sugar content leaving a natural sweetness in the wine – this is the method used to make all the great fortified wines such as Port, Madeira, Marsala and Sherry (although they differ with more unusual ageing processes). You can also try Rubis in a Chocolate Manhattan with some Bourbon or Rye, some sweet vermouth and cherry bitters. As mentioned above, Rubis Chocolate Wine Liqueur is made by flavouring fortified Tempranillo wine with chocolate essence.