Pernod Pernod Absinthe Spuérieure NV 750ml

Starting as green-tinged gold, this louches to opal touched with pale green. The mild fragrance shows fennel and a hint of juniper. Although the alcohol level is comparable to other absinthes, it seems to require more dilution to tone down the alcohol heat and tease out a faint sweetness. Even so, it retains a relatively spicy profile, showing fennel, black pepper and hot cinnamon, plus a lingering licorice note at the back of the palate.

Pale tea green color; superb purity. The anise/licorice dominance is real from the first whiffs, but later on there are other aromatic aspects, including cardamom, green tea, fennel, stone, cement, wood plank, sawdust. Entry is bitter, leafy, earthy, woodsy, herbal, dry; and midpalate is spicy/peppery, warming, sweeter than the entry, concentrated, acutely herbal.