Moldova makes a serious amount of wine and almost none of it leaves with any conviction, so a bottle pairing Merlot with the local Rara Neagra (30%) is worth the curiosity tax on its own. The Merlot carries it. Dark cherry, a bit of dried fruit, light oak that stays out of the way. What saves it from being one more cheap international blend is the Rara Neagra: a fennel/herbal edge and a deliberately bitter grip on the finish that reads Eastern European, not Bordeaux cosplay. At 8 to 10 bucks it’s honest, not structured, and it isn’t pretending otherwise. Worth opening once because it’s a clean window into a grape almost nobody outside the region has tasted, not because you’ll buy it again
by SmartLow8757
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imperial seems like a solid approach tbh
curiousity tax fr
A long time ago I tried one with the feteasca negra grape, I didn’t log it in my vivino at the time but it was a stellar wine, ca. 29€ from the wine store