Impact
Appearance 4.6 / 5
Color: | just above medium brown crossed by redden-gold |
Surface: | flawless; smooth as chrome |
Temper: | matte |
Snap: | jagged edge cliffs on the break |
Aroma 8.2 / 10
provocative fragrant intensity... 3 concentric circles: custard-pine; fig-plantain; woodshop backdrop
Mouthfeel 12.8 / 15
Texture: | fractionalized then fuses back a vinyl slide; micronized grain |
Melt: | languorous |
Flavor 44.2 / 50
vanilla-like young coconut cream lead-in –> spruce/currant levels it 1st to ash/grapefruit splash, then brown fruit (fig) –> tobacco coffee –> fruit again, this time smoked-out on bourbon nutwood; all undercut by solid cocoa
Quality 17.3 / 20
Primordial wildebeest, such as it is (some may deem a bold klutz), foraging over surprising range for an Ivory Coast. Full-course depth & dimension; finds flavor where others have trampled & gone, & maxes out the potential properties of this origin in the survival style of Bear Grylls’ Man vs. Wild.