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Arnaldo Caprai Sagrantino di Montefalco
Wine🇮🇹 Montefalco, Umbria, Italy · Sagrantino
The most tannic wine in Italy. Dark, deeply strange, and resistant to outside interpretation. Merricat would approve of a grape that refuses to make itself easy.
The Pour
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M. Chapoutier Belleruche Côtes du Rhône
Medium-bodied red🇫🇷 Rhône Valley, France · Grenache blend
Soft red fruit with a peppery, slightly wild edge. A cozy, unassuming bottle for the Blackwood sisters' sealed-off house and Merricat's strange protective rituals.
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Gulfi Nerojbleo Nero d'Avola
Medium-bodied red🇮🇹 Sicily, Italy · Nero d'Avola
Isolated and deeply rooted in its own patch of island earth. This Sicilian red is as particular to its place as Merricat is to the hill and the house on it.
The Mood
Shirley Jackson's masterpiece of psychological terror delivered with perfect comedic timing. Merricat and Constance build a fortress of isolation and protection, creating an intimate, suffocating world where the outside poses an insidious threat.
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