Impact
Appearance 3.5 / 5
Color: | ironic - fractionally darker than its 80% sibling (roasted minutely longer) |
Surface: | cleaner though still some instability w/ scored lines wavering, scuffed face, flecks, & dust |
Temper: | semi-flat |
Snap: | clunks open a sandy edge |
Aroma 7.1 / 10
huge picholine olive surrounded in wood-fired roast; fermented tang & bay leaf buried unerneath
Mouthfeel 14 / 15
Texture: | porous dry-stick roll-on... |
Melt: | ... highly even-distribution turns into a rapid water-wheel |
Flavor 40.3 / 50
monster super-sweet strawberry jumps out to get you -> brings wild (& totally unexpected) blueberry loop -> morphs tart against rising bitter -> almond to coffee -> green picholine w/ underside of cocoa & marshmallow -> fuses chocolate rum (semi-tang) -> citrus green pummelo
Quality 17.5 / 20