Impact
Appearance 3.8 / 5
Color: | Rio Red (iron-filings in a dirty river of brown) |
Surface: | rustic |
Temper: | pro-shine |
Snap: | bang-on; sanded-down break wall |
Aroma 7.3 / 10
freeze-dried version of Domroi’s Rio Caribe 100: robust, dark, & sharp; tall like mahogany; add mushrooms, green tobac, green grape
Mouthfeel 13.1 / 15
Texture: | angular at the beginning turns... |
Melt: | ... into viscous workout & ultimately round |
Flavor 42.7 / 50
vertical stack: from the bottom – firm chocolate base / honey / Mack’s signature cashew-cream in the mid-palate crossed by a little almond & baby banana / darker shades (fruit & spice around mahogany: raisins, licorice, mace) / herbal greens (tobacco, clary sage, German chamomile ) / all topped off by sweet nectarine-kissed frangipani; slight linear movement along an acid crease to cherry cordial ending -> fudge & small tremor of magnesium in the after-glow
Quality 17.8 / 20
Self-contained & among the most divergent from its 100% parent in Domori’s Cru Line. Greater constancy than intensity with remarkable integration rivaling Coppeneur’s parrallel sequencing on its better days in better bars.