Crimson Rooster seems to be aging into a well-rounded and elegant shou. Compared to my previous tastings, it was more fruity and sweet today.
Specifically, I could smell wild blueberries in the dry leaf, the taste has a notable raspberry flavour to it and there were also hints of cranberries, banana and papaya in the aftertaste. The sweetness is of the creamy kind and really takes hold of the session towards the end.
Besides those, I also found some other new associations. In the dry leaf scent – petrichor – and after the rinse also char, roasted red peppers, tomato vine, and peat. The taste was more medicinal than what I remember, displaying novel flavours of curry leaves and coriander. Finally, a very nice throat cooling sensation permeated the aftertaste throughout the session.
Flavors: Bark, Bell Pepper, Bitter, Blueberry, Char, Coriander, Cranberry, Cream, Creamy, Grilled Food, Meat, Medicinal, Peat, Petrichor, Plant Stems, Raspberry, Spicy, Sweet, Tropical, Umami, Wet Earth
