Dolin Génépy le Chamois

Sweet and herbal

Pale golden yellow, hint of green. Solid coating legs in the glass. Tried neat room temp. Nose is herbal medicinal, lighter and less sweet than either Chartreuse. Rich and coating in the mouth. Soft and very sweet (white sugar) herbal spice flavors, essence of pine and white sage, bitter but not very. Pine and herbal mint tingle and light licorice in an average finish. Like a stripped down Yellow Chartreuse--less ethanol, intense sweetness, and herbal bite, but it's in that flavor profile. Wonderful to drink neat, would be even better cold or with ice (as the bottle suggests). I can also see how it would work well with gin or with tonic. Will check back when I try it mixed. With ice it loses its interest--much better refrigerating the bottle if you want it cold. I've put off buying this for years thinking it would just be a watered down version of Chartreuse, and there is that aspect, but this stands on its own quite well. And at 45% ABV it has some oomph too. Stll trying to figure out the difference between this and Dolin Genepy des Alpes. I've seen some websites that say this is just the new name superseding des Alpes. But the Dolin website shows both spirits (with fancy new labels for both). So...???