Impact
Appearance 3.7 / 5
Color: | auburn brown |
Surface: | mostly smooth w/ some burbling/swirling |
Temper: | semi-gloss |
Snap: | baby bar scored in domino-sized tiles |
Aroma 7.1 / 10
muddled bounty: fermented fruit (subdued grape/cherry under banana leaf), green olive, wet soil, nut wood, caramelized brown-sugar; smoked cocoa on the edges
Mouthfeel 10.9 / 15
Texture: | light weight; collapses on contact |
Melt: | quickens |
Flavor 41 / 50
chocolate front -> burnt sugar -> rapidly liquidates into super-sweet red grape x honeydew -> chocolate sugar water -> passing smoke column/backend bitter -> strikes out on leather banana leaf
Quality 16.2 / 20
A spoonful makes the medicine go down & it’s clearly sugar-coated here. Little bit of everything – a little bitter, a little acid, a little flavor - not much of anything... except crowd-pleasing sweet. ‘Semi’ is apt & S-B hits the intended target.