Arriba
by Christian ConstantImpact
Appearance 4 / 5
Color: | magenta-brown |
Surface: | specks, flecks & freckles behind a fine facade |
Temper: | semi-flat |
Snap: | earthquake fault-line |
Aroma 8.6 / 10
a florist: tingling cassia-orange blossom, gardenia, & coffee berry atop a chocolate stem
Mouthfeel 12 / 15
Texture: | starts fractious then rightly collapses |
Melt: | evenflow |
Flavor 43.4 / 50
chocolate cinnamon charge -> drops a register before cassia-orange hydraulic lift -> roasted cocoa -> progressively light & gauzy blackberry drape holds up shimmering acids in a long unfurling to vanilla-coffee & almond blossom offsets along w/ more of, this time around glittering, cinnamon
Quality 17.8 / 20
Tremendously even-handed, ambidextrous approach, perhaps too much so, lending a slightly subdued & overly controlled effect – tad too much fat / spoonful too much sugar. Spells out nonetheless e l e g a n c e.