Ink Review #914 Redux: Diamine Mulled Wine

Diamine Mulled Wine was first released as part of the 2019 Inkvent Calendar, but is now available on its own as part of the Blue Collection. You can find this ink for sale at Pen Chalet (aff. link) or Vanness Pens.

The color:

Mulled Wine is a dark wine red ink.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks darker and more purple.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in most nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Mulled Wine is closest to Sailor Jentle Oku-yama in writing. Click here to see the Diamine inks together, and click here to see the red inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Sailor PGS Red Supernova with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, this is a lovely ink for the winter season-well behaved and a pretty color.

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. This page does contain affiliate links but this post is not sponsored in any way.