Jeni's - Wildberry Lavender

Wildberry Lavender - Black Currant Ice Cream flavored with Orange and Lavender

Today is the fifth and final pint from my recent online purchase of the State Fair Collection from Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream of Columbus, Ohio.  The Minnesota State Fair was cancelled this year, so I thought it would be fun to order myself some fair-themed ice cream online.  A note to local readers that I am not aware that this flavor is available in local grocery stores.  Today's flavor is called Wildberry Lavender.  This is actually an older flavor -- the text on the side of the carton mentions that it has been made for over two decades -- but it is new to me.  It looks like a fruit blend flavor.  Blackcurrant is the main flavor, mixed with orange and lavender.  Blackcurrant is a common ingredient of Jeni's.  They feature it in their Brambleberry Crisp flavor as well as their rare, special-batch Claire's Cabinet flavor.  Those both involve a thick swirl of blackcurrant in a base ice cream.  Let's see how the fruit-blend nature of Wildberry Lavender compares.

Removing the lid and peeling back the protective seal, I find the base has an appropriately lavender color.  It is nice blackcurrant and lavender both have purplish colors.  Digging in, I taste the berry-like flavor of the blackcurrant first, then I can tell there is a bit of citrus flavor in the mix as well and the lavender shows up mainly as the 'finish'.  It's quite good.  I would say it is at least half berry, probably a little more, but it does not overpower the other two.  It's all blended together as a homogeneous pint with no mix-ins.

This is an excellent fruit blend pint from Jeni's.  It is very well balanced.  The blending of the blackcurrant, orange and lavender works well, but you can also clearly identify each of those ingredients as well if you want.  This is one of the better fruit blends that I've tried.  My other favorite is Cabernet de l'Orange from Izzy's which is a different mix, but just as good.  For Jeni's fans, you can't go wrong with the two blackcurrant themed pints.  Choose Brambleberry Crisp if you'd like a berry-pie-a-la-mode type of pint and choose Wildberry Lavender if you'd like a full blended pint.