That would be Doukenie's eye-rolling, tongue-swirling, lip-smackingly delightful "Hope's Legacy" (formerly "Hope's Raspberry Merlot", but doubtless some elitist French surrender-monkeys made the winery change the name of the vintage because it's not a "real" merlot. Like the French know anything about wine. Pierre, please.)
Offhand, I'm sure one assumes that a raspberry merlot would be the kind of thing your grandmama would break out on special occasions, the kind of muscadine wine that makes your eyes water with its huge, assaulting fruit and almost metallic aftertaste (that's the screwtop you're tasting. Not that I'm judging screwtops.) No, no no no and no again. The correct way to drink this wine is technically with a piece of dark, about 72% cocoa chocolate in your mouth, allowing the wine to dissolve the choc straight into your tongue. You can taste the raspberries, but you can REALLY taste the actual wine itself.
I may or may not drink an entire bottle for dessert. And I definitely would if they would just ship to Massachusetts.
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