Color is weak, but natural. Deceiving as to the flavors inside.

Louche. OMG! aggressive and thick. Opalescence shmopalescence.

Aroma, weak neat, but powerful and balanced when louched

Flavor, creamy, complex, and delicious. Some smell/taste that it shares with WW, but not in a bad way.

excellent finish

Over all a great absinthe. To me the color is a minor quibble, aroma, Flavor and finish are awesome.

Color is a bit light; pale with a hint of green but mostly dead leaf. Well within the legitimate range but I prefer a bit brighter hue. I give it a 4.

Louche forms (mostly) from the bottom.Well on the way to opacity at 1:1. The thin line at the top finally disappears around 1:5 or so. Thick but not completely opaque. Another 4.

Aroma--Before watering, pretty alcoholic and minty. A bit rough. After adding water it opens up a bit. Very prominent minty wormwood is evident; other factors are present but pretty seamlessly blended to this nose. I chalk this up to 5 years of aging. Exhaling after drinking yields a very nice wormwood flavor. 4.

The flavor is wormwoody as all get-out with a very minty subtext. This is what a wormwood-heavy absinthe is trying to be. Anise and fennel are clearly present, but by no means dominant. There is a bit of burny alcoholic heat. The origin of the base alcohol(grape, grain, whatever) is not evident. Dry and a bit tingly on the tongue. Marked as a 4, but if this thing would let me enter 4.5 that would be more to my liking.

The finish is long, lingering, and pleasant.The tongue tingles with a blunt dryness that somehow works. Not particularly layered, but a nice long smooth fade out to a peppery dry warm tongue. Again, I attribute this to aging. Also, I'd give it a 4.5 if I could.

Overall, an intriguing product. If I had discovered this when I first started drinking absinthe in earnest--back when Doubs Mystique was a frontrunner on my favorites list-- I would have been all over this one. Nowadays my tastes are a bit different(for the most part) but as I grow more knowledgeable about absinthe I am struck by the skill evident in this product and its unique flavour. Not having tasted it when it was fresh I cannot say for certain how well it has aged but it has clearly aged well. An easy 4 across the board.

Color: A light straw yellow.

Louche: Starts slowly but begins to cloud nicely with some good layering. Nice and thick, with a pale butter color.

Aroma: Very anise heavy while neat, but when louched it blossoms into a very pleasant mix of wormwood and fennel, with something leafy green and dusty scented.

Flavor: Very tart wormwood up front that's quite tasty, and a slight chalky sweetness.

Finish: A smooth and nice finish that's very crisp with a long sour feel paired with a melissa flavor.

Overall: I really enjoyed the wormwood flavor along with the "tangy" feel and texture.

Color: Straw yellow color with the tiniest bit of green. May have been aged a bit and subject to dead leaf. Very light on the color as well.

Louche: Good louche on this one. Not too active in oil trails but the clouds form evenly and well. A bit on the thick side when done and retains some of the previous straw color.

Aroma: Smells very nice. Something is in here that is hard to pick out. The trio dominates the smell of this one but there are some smells that peak my curiosity as to the recipe.

Flavor: Smooth and creamy with a nice covering of wormwood. Spicy notes hit the back of the tongue fairly quickly. Wormwood heavy but not in a bad way at all allowing the anise and fennel to show up nicely as well. A very pleasant flavor from this one, but short of a “wow!” reaction.

Finish: Lasts for a very decent time and ups both the spicyness and sweetness. A slight tart flavor develops after a short while but not too much. Intriguing.

Overall: This is a solid absinthe with a slightly wormwood heavy flavor profile and a unique tart finish. One that I would love to see on the market again, perhaps with a slight change to the color, or not dead leaf.

Because I have seen too many complaints as regards the aging or the lack of wormwood in that absinthe I have ever since been very fond of, I felt obliged to re-visit the old fella.

Colour: delicate, slightly yellowish verte just the way it is gotta be.
Louche: at 1:1 there are nice trails and absinthe starts to bloom in the obvious direction, the beautifully-slow-forming pearelscence is rising from the glass and at 1:3 it is neither too thick nor too thin and reminiscent of the finest Pernod fils louche-creaminess. I have finished mine at 1:5 to move wormwoodiness even more to the front, though at 1:3 it is still magnificient.

Aroma: Scent is divine and first of all there is a strong florality coming from wormwood and just a touch of fennel, and almost citrusy accent that helps you to close your eyes and travel back to Paris of 1899

Flavour: Very well balanced, with nothing to be snitty or predominant. Of course, the notorious Pontarlier wormwood is the major player, hence the absinthe is not sweet and wormwood bitterness transforms magically into the honey-like mintiness of the pontica that stays long on the palate and invites to the second sip.

Finish: Thanks Christ, anethole buddies are far away and finish is crisp, spicy and light, very pleasant, long-lingering and not tongue-numbing.

Overall: So far there has never been a better CO and I highly doubt if there ever be.