Color:	solid dark brown
Surface:	clean finish
Temper:	buffed to a faint shine
Snap:	crackle

flat-out tannic earth: rubber plant (balata) -> hay -> fermented prune

Texture:	cured (consistently even) but granulated
Melt:	goes down astringent

rolls sequentially cherry cocoa -> green olive -> hay -> walnut underlining the length -> fruit-laced alcohol... then stacks it onto a distillery of grape-flavored dry white rum (ron seco blanco) -> more walnut the end result

Processing really tweaks out the spirits to the point of wondering whether it’s a bar or a bottle. Raw, rugged, firm & moderately stern thanks to short conching. While rarely nice it keeps giving with surprising depth.