Neat. Neck pour. These New Riff special releases have been fun and expectations are even higher after the amazing Malted Rye. On the nose, it is darker than expected. Dark chocolate and straight cocoa beans. Kind of funny due to the name but there is a Wild Turkey-like funk. Lots of royal vanilla icing. There is a dark fruit here. Somewhere between a black plum and blood orange, hard to pin down. Morphing a bit into a white chocolate. There is a fresh earthiness here too. Like walking through an open meadow away from any city. Flashes of that scene in Gladiator running through my head. A delightful freshly baked bread is wrapped around the entire thing. It’s a refreshing nose. On the taste, the mouth feel is light and fluffy but not thin. Oily for 100 proof. Upfront it’s all cinnamon bread with a spread of butter. Mid-palate is where this starts to shine. An uppercut of dark bitter chocolate gets overtaken but the vanilla icing and a surprising blast of orange zest. There is a continuous layer of cinnamon and clove. Geez an unexpected layer of mint too. The finish is longer than expected as well. Cinnamon bread with a drizzle of vanilla icing for days. That orange zest hangs on too. What an interesting wheater. It has a depth of flavor and long finish I was not expecting. Kicking back in the autumn Sunday with leaves falling around me, this is a perfect pour for the setting. New Riff should make more of this one, it’s another winner. What a year they have had with these special releases.