Blackcurrant DUOMEI
PG 100%
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Flavor Notes
**Black Currant (Duomei) 0.4%/0.8%/1.0% (1-4-23)** -- This one, like many of these Duomei's smelled very strong, and I started testing @ 0.4%, which was good, but it felt like it needed more, so I re-tested and increased first to 0.8%, and then 1.0%. This one presented at EVERY testing weight, as a really good, dark-ish, barely sweetened, black currant. I FOUGHT the urge to try it with some sweetener, to see if it would open up even MORE, but altering test samples, goes down a long, and treacherous road, that I won't go down. Sweetness was a FEW clicks below mid level sweet, and the dark berry-ish, notes to really swirl around, AND with some almost dark grape wine notes to boot !!!! Because of the below average sweetness, there was a slight dryness to the finish, but wasn't off-putting at all. There was a certain, delicious tarty, almost sharp overtone, that rode throughout that really made it interesting, and a stand out. In the absence of any overt artificial notes, it leaned smartly to the authentic and natural. The only minor takeoff would be the slightly dry finish, which I'm SURE could be eliminated with a smidge of sweetener. Nicely done, and easily a **9.7/10**.