Impact
Appearance 4.6 / 5
Color: | beautiful titian brown |
Surface: | soft plate ready to ooze syrup |
Temper: | thick shine |
Snap: | light velcro |
Aroma 8.3 / 10
orange all over it: fresh & vibrant peel, rind, seed, + everything in the guts but meat at essential oil strength in the tropics; aerates to big tobaccocoa
Mouthfeel 12.7 / 15
Texture: | tongue-skimming suede until the raised textures of orange gelée |
Melt: | patient w/ micro-remains |
Flavor 44.1 / 50
laser/razor sharp orange skin peels the tongue open, very green yet sweet -> chocolate swarms in & surrounds the rind, both equally getting their licks in -> a savory element shocks from nowhere (vanilla salt-like), stirs the fruits together into a confit -> tannins mount the upper-hand reaching for the finish w/ a bitter kibosh that actually fixes the citric FXs
Quality 18.4 / 20
A straight-shot: orange brown, orange scent, orange taste, with chocolate all over it. Bi-cep muscle as both chocolate & citrus flex it long & strong. Little refined pretense; just lets the elements play under the guiding M.O. of 'leave well enough alone'... & they will & do (save for glucose which mildly adulterates the mix but it's so well tucked under the overarching sweet-spot). Excellent.
ING: cocoa mass, sugar, cacáo butter, crystallized orange peel, glucose syrup, vanilla bean, non-GMO lecithin
ING: cocoa mass, sugar, cacáo butter, crystallized orange peel, glucose syrup, vanilla bean, non-GMO lecithin