Rating: 13/23 N: This has a more earthy, smoky nose than Van Meer's does. It's a more genuine chocolate scent, though it may be a tad less approachable. I do get some alcohol on the nose and it's a bit bitter and off, though it isn't too bad. P: Similarly viscous to Van Meer's, which is a bit of a disappointment because I was expecting a richer, more syrupy drink. It tastes milky like Van Meer's, but the chocolate is richer and more authentic, though it disappointingly isn't really fuller. Also disappointingly, some of the bitterness melds into the vodka this was made from. The chocolate flavor is solid, but the vodka throws it off. There is a waft of cereal that brings in a little bit of unsolicited mineral lightness and the complexity is not balanced because the nice chocolate flavor is fighting with the alcohol. F: The chocolate remains more than the vodka does, aside from the vodka's bitterness, which actually works well. It's a disappointingly light finish though. It mostly just kind of fades out to kind of a watery milk flavor with a bit of chocolate. This is fine. It's better than Van Meer's Chocolate, but it's not something I'd really enjoy just sitting around and drinking. The key failing here is that the chocolate flavor isn't full enough. I suspect that this is because chocolate is expensive and it takes some work to make it stand out with alcohol mixed in, but I think that cost-cutting is probably the biggest factor here. Considering the low ABV, it's quite surprising how thin this is. Its flavor isn't as full and compelling as Sheelin White Chocolate's is, sadly. This is kind of in that same zone with Disaronno, where I really want to like it a lot more, but I don't. It isn't quite as good as Bailey's. I'm in the 12 to 13 range for this one. I think it's kind of right between Disaronno and Bailey's in terms of how much I'd like to drink it (even though I'm not sure what to do with it), so I'm giving it a 13.