Impact
Appearance 4.1 / 5
Lot #314160
Lot #314160
Color: | warm brown w/ light white-shift |
Surface: | Jekyll on the face, Hyde in the back, incl some divet patterns heretofore unseen |
Temper: | extra-fine |
Snap: | confident & clean |
Aroma 8 / 10
nose tickler: glowing chocolate halo over a jasmine headnote; cedar-rosewood, cherry vanilla, roasted nuts underneath
Mouthfeel 12.1 / 15
Texture: | thick |
Melt: | even-flow |
Flavor 42.9 / 50
chocolate -> hard rosewood -> tough raisin -> bitter bump quickly swept by citrus -> cherry-vanilla w/ vodka twist -> spiced jasmine-cream ending... all braced, bracketed & planked in chocolate
Quality 16.7 / 20
Dark in name only; goes down easy & creamy. Very vanilla-driven; the Tahitian variety plays steady hand in steering both direction & shape of taste, subduing acids in flavor of chocolate cream & florid finish. Relatively short, with a bump & a jump, that maps well the Mid-American palette.