Zind Humbrecht Eau-de-vie de vin 1996
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Type: Eau-de-vie de vin
Age: distilled in 1996, bottled in 2019 -> at least 22 years old
ABV: 62%
Price: 120 EUR

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This is powerful little beast.
Here’s my initial impressions.

On the nose there’s lots of sweetness, vanilla, forest fruits, blackberries, sweet oranges, peaches, apples, mild oak with a bit of citrus and resinous notes and it feels very fresh.
With water (at around 58%) it’s getting a bit darker (but not dark at all), some dark coffee notes, flowery nectar.

Taste is huge. It starts with bitting your tongue a bit (and it numbs tongue slightly as well), but then I get orange, actually orange zest, forest fruit and blackberries jams, more black coffee than in the nose, oakiness gives herbal bitterness. Finish is medium-long.
With water (~58%, seems to be a perfect drinking ABV now) it’s quite civilized, more coffee, chocolate and forest fruit notes, menthol, tiny bit of something dirty like petroleum.

It’s nowhere near ZH76 and it’s completely different obviously, but it’s very good, I’d say something around 90 points.

These are only first and quick notes done in around 30 minutes in elephant glass and it’s changing still so I think I should give it more time and attention next time