"Brewed by fermentation with yellow earth water in the yellow earth cave," claims the bottle. What the hell does that mean?
At $13 a bottle, I'm not expecting much. I like fruity liqueurs, but a lot of them taste like cough syrop.
Initial impression - it is exactly what they say it is, raspberry wine. Tastes just like that. Nice and mellow. No harsh after burn. A good dessert wine.
I like it. It's competent and straight-forward, if a little simple. Kind of a one note wonder.
"Hello, I'm raspberry wine."
And?
"And nothing. I'm raspberry wine."
That's it? Seriously?
"What? What else do you want?"
I'm not sure, really. I mean, you are tasty, but so what?
"Well, I am 15% alcohol, so I will get you drunk."
Oh yes, there is that.
It's quite yummy, on further sipping. I'm still left with this feeling that it's missing something. I'm not sure this will sound offensive, but there's something very communist about the taste. (Is Korea a communist country?)
"I shall make raspberry wine with a cunning simplicity and plainness, that will oppose the complexity of capitalist excess and decadence."
And so they did and here we are. It's almost Buddhist in its simplicity. One long raspberry note. Maybe it would taste better with food or something to make that note more complicated. On it's own, it's a little too plain. Good, but needs a slice of tart lemon meringue pie to be great.
Man, I could go for some pie right now.
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