Impact
Appearance 4.3 / 5
| Color: | dark mahogany brown |
| Surface: | unblemished |
| Temper: | good shine |
| Snap: | wah-wah |
Aroma 7 / 10
aggressive: roast-aroma, leather & vinyl, green coffeeberry, dried grass / hay, chocolate stock
Mouthfeel 14.2 / 15
| Texture: | silk bulletin: enemies of the Han Dynasty were weakened & brought to their knees by material like this |
| Melt: | has the tongue smiling cheek-to-cheek |
Flavor 41.2 / 50
fairly direct transfer of aroma w/ addition of a blue cheese vein up front & savory cassia-vanilla out back; in between greens & smoke all around
Quality 17.1 / 20
Base rootstock & somewhat narrow. Any defiant red fruit notes in this regional strain got rained on or roasted out. Calibrated, well-modulated bitter & acid owes much to a buttered-up compostion (roughly one & half times either cocoa mass or sugar). CBS ~2:3:2