Gluhwein
BPAL description: Warm red wine spiced with cinnamon sticks, cardamom, vanilla beans, clove, lemon and orange rind, bay leaf, and honey.
In the bottle: Light yellow oil. Sweet, fruity, spicy. It smells more like mulled cider to me than mulled wine. The citrus (esp orange) and cinnamon stand out most strongly, though most notes are present.
Wet: Less intensely sweet and spicy, warmer and more mellow. Honey, grapey wine and bay emerge clearly. This smells delicious - I want to drink my hand.
Dry: Slow to dry, but becomes less foody-sweet and more spicy-room scent as time goes on. The cinnamon is truly nose-tingling, and the now-stronger woody clove only adds to that.
Later: The citrus has gone, and I have yet to pick out any vanilla or cardamom, and really most of the fruitiness is gone.
Summary: About 90% very powerful cinnamon, 5% clove, and the rest is much fainter bay, honey, and wine. Barely sweet; intensely spicy. Incredible throw & longevity.
In the bottle: Light yellow oil. Sweet, fruity, spicy. It smells more like mulled cider to me than mulled wine. The citrus (esp orange) and cinnamon stand out most strongly, though most notes are present.
Wet: Less intensely sweet and spicy, warmer and more mellow. Honey, grapey wine and bay emerge clearly. This smells delicious - I want to drink my hand.
Dry: Slow to dry, but becomes less foody-sweet and more spicy-room scent as time goes on. The cinnamon is truly nose-tingling, and the now-stronger woody clove only adds to that.
Later: The citrus has gone, and I have yet to pick out any vanilla or cardamom, and really most of the fruitiness is gone.
Summary: About 90% very powerful cinnamon, 5% clove, and the rest is much fainter bay, honey, and wine. Barely sweet; intensely spicy. Incredible throw & longevity.