Impact
Multi-sensory shock or schlock-waves, depending one’s personal preferences. Designed for specific taste-tolerances (the strident kind) that, if compatible, turns mouths into pleasure domes.
Appearance 5 / 5
| Color: | brown agate |
| Surface: | smooth, poker-faced wall |
| Temper: | semi-glitter |
| Snap: | sound |
Aroma 8.9 / 10
darker-toned ferment than even De Vries’ Costa Ricans: black olive, blackstrap, black current, black fig, black twilight roast - if there’s a black wine, this is it – set off by underbrush & sugar-cane mulch
Mouthfeel 13 / 15
| Texture: | austere truffle-clump until... |
| Melt: | ... the melting breakpoint |
Flavor 43.1 / 50
bittersweet stone fruit; walnut butter -> olive -> bitter almond -> blueberry-prune substrate -> fun re-begins on yuzu (ala grapefruit) mash into alcohol (rum-ola); clears clean
Quality 18.8 / 20
Signature De Vries, specializing in crystalline complexes via another fermented experiment. This time green technique delivering fresh direct, almost raw, stalky vegetal crudities. CBS ~ 2:2:1