85 / 100
There’s some richness in the cocoa, molasses and roasted nuts, but the dry rye bread, herbs and pepper keep it from reading as especially soft or sweet. That balance sounds appealing, though the description leans more savoury and dry than plush.
Reviewed by birchkoi
- Nose
- Dry, with fruit tree blossoms and dusty grain, Soft apple-raisin-cinnamon compote, light vanilla and brown sugar
- Palate
- Soft baking apples, rye bread, faint cloves and pepper, Cocoa, refined molasses and roasted nuts
- Finish
- Herbal, with dusty grain and toasted nuts, Bittersweet chocolate, powdered ginger and peppery oak