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Bold black walnut toffee aromas have a rich roasted quality and end with savory smoked peppercorn and herbal steak-rub-like notes. On the palate, honeyed sweetness followed by balanced, bitter eucalyptus leaf and grilled fennel like flavor and astringency. On its own, it's remarkably vibrant, dimensional and balanced. In the pisco sour cocktail, the nuttiness meshes with the creamy egg to form a walnut pie like effect and the pungent herbal and fennel notes give the cocktail serious depth and dimension. This is a great choice to add attractive layers to the foundation of a cocktail and ornamentation to the top flavor notes. (tasted on Apr-21-2013)