Review Detail
3.7 6 0.5
Traditional Absinthe
Dark, intense
(Updated: October 29, 2024)
Overall rating
4.3
Appearance
4.0
Louche
4.5
Aroma
4.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
4.5
Finish
4.0
Overall
4.5
Color: A peridot green quite darker than usual, very inviting.
Louche: So much orange and yellow. Thick and colorful. It stays very thick up to 1:5, then gets opalescent.
Aroma: Strong, with the typical Devoille alcohol carrying the holy trinity but also liquorice. Richer and more fruity and spicy than the usual Devoille offer. Satisfying. Aroma intensifies a lot with water.
Flavor: Complex, very complex. Holy trinity, liquorice, I’d also say Angelica and Calamus. Some spicyness, but not coming from star anise. An overall sweetness, in no way obtrusive.
Finish: It lingers long in every part of the mouth and nose and throat.
Overall: I tasted a sample sento to me by a friend, from a bottle opened in 2012, four years ago. This may explain why my notes are different from those of others. I think it’s a very satisfying drink, somehow half way between the current Centenaire and Svensk’s Grön Opal.
Louche: So much orange and yellow. Thick and colorful. It stays very thick up to 1:5, then gets opalescent.
Aroma: Strong, with the typical Devoille alcohol carrying the holy trinity but also liquorice. Richer and more fruity and spicy than the usual Devoille offer. Satisfying. Aroma intensifies a lot with water.
Flavor: Complex, very complex. Holy trinity, liquorice, I’d also say Angelica and Calamus. Some spicyness, but not coming from star anise. An overall sweetness, in no way obtrusive.
Finish: It lingers long in every part of the mouth and nose and throat.
Overall: I tasted a sample sento to me by a friend, from a bottle opened in 2012, four years ago. This may explain why my notes are different from those of others. I think it’s a very satisfying drink, somehow half way between the current Centenaire and Svensk’s Grön Opal.
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