Bénédictine

Chocolate mint on the nose. Sweet and viscous on the palate, with lots of herbal notes. Finish lingers like a fine chocolate truffle. Can't wait to try it with some aged brandy or in a cocktail.

Delicious. Nearly as good as Chartreuse, and versatile. Not a strong licorice flavor like so many of these type of alpine liqueurs.

Wow. Aroma is cedar and orange zest, quite attractive. Taste is chocolate mint ice cream at first, then explosion of spices. Quite sweet.

Had no idea what to expect from this and wow I love it! On my palate, it almost has some of the herb/earthy notes of genever with some of the sweeter flavors of Lillet? Very good and will definitely be keeping it on hand from now on.

While I usually think of the yogurt and cucumber based spread with fennel when I hear Benedictine, @cascode changed my perception - for the better. This is an odd liquid. Rich golden color, syrupy viscosity. The nose is that of fennel, cedar, pine, oak, peppermint candy, mild tobacco, agave, dark chocolate, espresso and a bit of juniper. Thick, rich, sweet, spicy, earthy and woody. Wow. Many of the notes from the nose are there and in excellent balance, with the one exception being that some might find it to be overly sweet. Personally, I think they got it just right. There are no bitter, overpowering notes (ie. Campari, Aperol, etc). Something to be savored and could be paired with a dessert or cigar. Frankly, I think it is a head above Green Chartreuse but I could be premature in saying that. This, stand alone, is excellent and almost shouldn’t be mixed. What I do wonder is how this would cocktail and I see myself pairing this with mezcal joven or rye whiskey but could even complement an Islay (I’m looking at Lag 16 and Uigeadal, blasphemous but also fantastic potential) to bring out the richly sweet side of a smokey single malt. Could also go with brandy, but again, this is quite stellar on its own and unlike much else that I’ve tried. At the risk of sounding demeaning, I would reach and say this is not entirely different Jäegermeister, except that this is better in every way (unless, perhaps, mixed with RedBull - if people are even still doing that).