These were Connoisseur Gourmet Ice Cream Barossa Valley Merlot With Blackberry and Chocolate Cookies is easily one of the most beautifully packaged ice creams in the freezer.
According to Connoisseur, ‘robust merlot from the sun-drenched vineyards of the Barossa Valley winds its way through smooth blackberry ice cream, before being nestled between rich chocolate chip cookies’. It contained Barossa Valley Merlot (1.7%), blackberry purée (0.9%), blackberry juice (0.4%) and blackcurrant and boysenberry juice.
It’s no surprise that the flavours of berry and chocolate are a delightful pairing and its no exception here. The ice cream is creamy with a gentle blackberry sweetness, with the ribbons of merlot bringing the promised punchy sweet acidity — we wanted more! The cookie is soft as we’d expected from an ice cream sandwich, but their rich chocolate flavour shines through the berry flavour.
This Connoisseur Gourmet Ice Cream Barossa Valley Merlot With Blackberry and Chocolate Cookies contained 480 mL or 4 cookies. It was produced in Australia and purchased in Sydney, Australia.