What wine pairs with soupe a l'oignon?

Côtes du Rhône Rouge

red · Grenache, Syrah · Vallée du Rhône · France — 15–16°C

Cotes du Rhone Grenache-Syrah — raspberry, garrigue and pepper accompany French onion soup, warmth wrapping long-caramelized onions, spice echoing gratineed Gruyere.

Brouilly

red · Gamay · Beaujolais · France — 13–14°C

Brouilly (Gamay on pink granite of southern Beaujolais, the most accessible of the ten crus) — crisp cherry, peony, iris and granite minerality form the canonical bistro pairing for gratinéed onion soup; crisp red fruit echoing long-caramelised butter onions, sharp acidity cutting the gratineed Gruyère crust, granite edge respecting the egg-clarified broth.

Saint-Joseph Rouge

red · Syrah · Vallée du Rhône Nord · France — 16°C

Saint-Joseph Syrah on Northern Rhone granite — violet, cracked pepper and black olive envelop caramelized onions, natural smoke extending gratineed Gruyere.