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94 • La Fée Bohemian Absinthe $65/700ml.
Tasted Neat: Pale electric blue color. Anise cookie and spicy egg nog aromas follows through to a hot, off-dry full body with an astringent, lightly tannic herb, wintergreen, and chamomile fade. Great complexity and vibrancy. Tasted as a Modern Czech Absinthe Cocktail: Cloudy aquamarine color. Anise, wormwood tea with cream, and metallic mineral aromas. A silky, smooth entry leads to a off-dry medium-full body of egg nog, wintermint, toasted marshmallow, and anise cookie flavors with a long, talc-accented fade. A very attractive and stimulating cocktail. (tasted on Aug-06-2007)

94 • Pernod Aux Plantes D'Absinthe Supérieure $39.
Brilliant yellow green tourmaline color. Rich dimensional aromas of anise, five spice, sweet herbs, and spicy meringue and follow through on a broad, vibrant entry to a lightly sweet and bitter full body with a superb balance of anise, herbs and an underlying creaminess. Finishes with a long lemongrass, aniseed, and bitter wormwood fade. Brilliantly crafted and balanced even at full strength. Tasted louched as an absinthe cocktail: Hazy peridot color. Rounded, more emphasis on the herbal, pleasingly bitter wormwood, earthy dried herb, and crushed aniseed notes. A very seriously poised and wondrous digestif. (tasted on Aug-01-2008)

94 • Mythe Absinthe Traditional $59.99.
Brilliant deep olive green color. Powerful aromas of fennel, mint leaf, peppery spice and custard follow through with great intensity to a dryish full body with prominent herbal bark, wormwood, hay, and dusty anise seed notes. Finishes with a long, drying wormwood, and fennel stalk fade with wheat flour like tannins. Louches to a translucent green haze with all of the anise and herbal flavors and a fine, and more liqueur like balance and great length. An excellent traditional European style, digestif absinthe. (tasted on Sep-23-2009)

93 • Mata Hari Absinthe Bohemian $54.99.
Brilliant peridot color. Pungent medicinal herb, melon rind, bitter lemon peel, cinnamon bark, and spicy meringue aromas follow through on a brisk, lively entry to a mildly sweet medium-full body with wintermint, honey, camphor, and clove accents. Finishes with a long, mint leaf and aniseed husk fade. Tasted louched as an absinthe cocktail: Round, balanced with great interplay of mint, spice, herb, citrus, dried flowers and milder bitter artemesia pontica notes. Very refreshing as an aperitif or digestif; would make a brilliant introduction to absinthe. (tasted on Aug-01-2008)

92 • La Fée Parisienne Absinthe $65/700ml.
Tasted Neat: Electric emerald green color. Vibrant, pure black licorice aromas follow through to an supple yet intensely hot off-dry full body with hints cocoa and talc. Finishes with a long black licorice, charcoal, and white pepper fade. Nice purity and intensity of flavor. Tasted as a Traditional French Absinthe Cocktail: Hazy green topaz color. Licorice, cinnamon and dried citrus and sour cherry aromas. Sound supple entry. Full bodied. Licorice, cinnamon bark, straw, white pepper, and cream flavors with an intense tongue numbing effect that is strangely not hot, but anesthetizing. Intriguing and a bit "other worldly". (tasted on Aug-06-2007)

92 • Kübler Absinthe Superieure $53.99.
Neat: Clear. Rich black licorice, white pepper, spice, and meringue aromas follow through on a soft, supple entry to a dryish medium-to-full body with a lots of dried hay, wet stone, and crushed anise layers. Finishes with a long, hot, anise and drying wormwood tea-like fade. A pure, dry and precise absinthe. Tasted louched as an absinthe cocktail: Milky white pearl color with a blue cast. Nutty and herbal wormwood notes mesh on the nose with the anise. The palate smoothes out and becomes more even and integrated. Finishes with a touch of mint and metal ore in addition to anise and wormwood. A rich, balanced, and sophisticated cocktail. (tasted on Aug-13-2008)

91 • Obsello Absinthe Verte $54.
Hazy forest green color. Rich aromas of anise, saddle soap, orange spice cake, menthol, nuts, and mint tea follow through on soft, silky entry to a dryish medium-full body with accents of dried citrus and wintergreen. Finishes with a long, herbal anise seed and white pepper fade. A big, brawny absinthe. Tasted louched as an absinthe cocktail: Murky, milky green color. Dry oily texture. More hints of nutshell and cocoa. Herbs integrate with the anise and wormwood bitterness becomes more pronounced and astringent. (tasted on Aug-13-2008)

90 • Libertine Absinthe Supérieure $79.95.
Clear. A pungent and fruity melange of medicinal herbs, honeyed anise, dried bitter lemon, candied ginger, spicy egg nog, pink peppercorn and polished teak aromas are complex and intriguing. A bold entry leads to a slightly sweet and very bitter full body with wave of hot spice, grassy herb, fennel, and citrus tea flavors. Finishes with a long, steely mineral and white pepper accented fade. Powerful and intriguingly different. Tasted louched as an absinthe cocktail: Pearl color. Soft, nicely meshed reedy herb and fennel flavors. Warming peppery fade. Pleasant and surprisingly mild. (tasted on Aug-01-2008)

89 • Australian Vodka Co. Moulin Rooz Absinthe $68/500 ml.
Brilliant aquamarine color. Floral, herbal aromas of fennel, honeyed citrus, spicy custard, and sweet flowers follow through on a bold entry to a bittersweet full body with fruity honeydew on the mid-palate and bracingly bitter wormwood on the long finish. Tasted louched as an absinthe cocktail: Pale green topaz color. Nice combination of spicy cream and woody herbs aromas. Elderflowers come through on a mid-palate and blustering bitter wormwood dominates the finish. Rather intense and feral. (tasted on Aug-01-2008)

89 • Sirene Absinthe Verte $59.95.
Brilliant olive green topaz color. Very interesting aromas of leafy herbs and mint, fennel, sarsaparilla, wormwood tea, and dried mango follow through on a vibrant, direct entry to a off-dry and slightly fruity medium-full body with black licorice and anise cookie powder notes on the clean, mineral accented fade. Louches well with fruit and raisin notes emerging with a lighter tea-like note. (tasted on Sep-23-2009)

88 • Vieux Carré Absinthe Superieure $59.
Deep olive green color with with an unusual suspension of minute charcoal gray particles. Aromas of crushed anise seed, chamomile tea, eucalyptus honey, and sweet pickle relish follow through on a bold, slightly chalky entry to a off-dry full body with good intensity and balance. Finishes with a long, anise, herb, and wet chalk fade. Louches to a translucent hazy green dust storm in a glass where more woodsy, wormwood notes rise and the texture smoothes out with dusty black licorice notes. Very pleasant as a cocktail. (tasted on Sep-23-2009)

82 • La Muse Verte Absinthe Traditionnelle $68.
Anise, herb, and citrus tea aromas. A brisk, sharp entry leads to a bone dry full body of bitter wormwood, nutshell, anise, and hay flavors. Finishes with a super hot and peppery metal ore fade that tingles the mouth like putting your tongue on battery poles. Wormwood is too dominant. Tasted louched as an absinthe cocktail: Wood and putty flavors dominate with earth and straw, angelica, mountain spices in revolution. (tasted on Aug-13-2008)

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