Impact
Appearance 4.6 / 5
Color: | almost as orange as brown |
Surface: | fab finish |
Temper: | high gloss |
Snap: | plunk; granulated edge |
Aroma 6.9 / 10
cocoa gulag: butter-varnished wood-siding imprisons desperate raisin struggling to escape which, once done, brings out tobacco & cinnamon
Mouthfeel 11 / 15
Texture: | gum & rare grit for Maglio |
Melt: | fast-acting |
Flavor 38.7 / 50
cinnamon chocolate works to & thru lactic acid -> mildly bitter tobacco meets up w/ raisin which fight each other against an almond background & pinch of coriander; astringent coffee after melee settles & clears
Quality 16.3 / 20
Blot of acidity & punctuating bitters; easily Maglio’s most untamed & untrained bar. Its usual butter barricades nowhere to be found in suppressing weaknesses & fissures in Baracoa, Cuban cacáo. Mag yet to get a good handle on it.