Absinthion De Luxe - Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society

 
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Absinthion De Luxe - Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society

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At least you taste some anise...
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2.2
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3.0
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Color: Vibrant, but very obviously artificial. My bottle is several years old and is as bright as the day I brought it home.

Louche: Very thick and quick. Probably artificially enhanced.

Aroma: Some alcohol heat and some anise. CLoyingly sweet.

Flavor: Candy-like, with a bitter aftertaste, which I'm assuming came from the oils used to mix.

Finish: I still can't get over the bitterness.

Overall: Better than expected, but I wouldn't put this on my list of enjoyable, everyday absinthes. It would probably work fairly well in mixed drinks that call for anisette.
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Just for fun...
(Updated: July 01, 2008)
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Color: artificial flashy-green, La Fée-like, not really unattractive though.



Louche: nice opalescent louche that forms quickly. Maybe a bit too quick to be 'clean' but attractive nonetheless.



Aroma: Spanish absenta style. Anise (not green) upfront, then an unnatural candy-like scent, an absinthe for kids?



Flavor: confirms the aromas, it has absenta characteristics with something more in it that reminds of hyssop but with a (kinda) bubblegum taste. It is shortly followed by an unpleasant bitterness coming from, I guess, the convenient wormwood oils.



Finish: ok the candy finish is somewhat pleasant, but that annoying bitterness is rather disturbing.



Overall: As a change, or for a 'teen party', this is the kind of stuff you can drink quickly and easily if you get over the lingering bitterness. To be honest, I was expecting another vile absintH from the east part of Europe, but it's not, it's more reminiscent of a spanish oil mix, or even La Fée for the 'bonbon' taste (and the color).

I didn't sink it, I finished my glass, that says a lot.



Additional note: Absinthion Deluxe won a Silver (Best in Class) medal at the London IWSC 2008.



mthuilli
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At the beginning there was hope...
(Updated: July 02, 2008)
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I remember I was astonished when it appeared on the shelves and the very day of its launch I have bought it-note, the price back then was not very inviting; now it is very, very cheap.



Before opening the bottle, one should bear in mind it does present well: nice bottle with a cork, interesting label, even the colour is attractive somehow.



However, poured in a glass the story changes desperately.



The biggest flaw of the product: as long as it quite drinkable, it is artificially-coloured and artificially-flavoured with oils, so there is barely nothing genuine or natural about it. The colour itself is not Hill's/Stromu'esque, more in the vein of "being green" but at just 55% it is too green and could be achieved the natural way.



Since it looks like it has taken inspiration from Spanish absentas, the louche is quick, very fat I would say.



The aroma is fennel mainly (the only natural ingredient I believe) plus a combo of glycerine-based anise oil, some mint, no wormwood whatsoever in the aroma, not even a trace. Smells like cheap pastis with green colouring.



The flavour is flat, predominantly anisy, far too sweet for my tooth, hence 1:4, 1:5 ratio is much recommended so as to prevent it from tongue numbing and cloying.



Finish is quite nice, there is a very tiny wormwood bite that could be enhanced more and some mintiness that helps with finishing the glass.



All in all, although it comes from own country I am not recommending it all, it is artificial, too sweet and resembles bad pastis more than standard absinthe. In comparison with the dreadful and disastrous Apsinthion grande de luxe, it is much, much better and of course easily drinkable, but Poland offers an abundance of quality spirits, so it no use spending money on any Apsinthion.



I simply cannot understand why it is, year by year, given medals at IWSC???
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