Blackcurrant Gummy Candy SC

Black Currant Gummy Candy (SC) (WF) 3.5% (9-3-23) – I seem to have a currant problem, i.e. I can’t get ENOUGH good currants, so I was looking forward to this one. Out of the gate, I got a pretty good currant, and I didn’t get any of my typical “red” notes, but the currant-ed-ness was still there. It wasn’t overly sharp, and didn’t have much tart to it, and it def. leaned towards the “candy” side (duh). The paired candy notes, worked very well, and even while being above mid-level sweet, it wasn’t cloyingly sweet.

Now onto the “gummy”, hehe. I didn’t really get much gummy from this one, and it seemed much more slanted towards a hard/squishy candy, than a gummy. I think “gummy” notes/nuances are very hard to quantify, BUT, you know them, if you taste them. I just didn’t get the overhwelming sense of the gummy in this one. Maybe a hint, but that would be it. Because it was fairly heavily candied, the Black Currant tasted almost at a 50/50 mix of natural/artificial. If I had to change ONE thing, I would probably have UPPED the BC, just a bit. All in, a damned fine Black Currant “candy”, but it might leave some of your “gummy” needs waiting at the door. At 3.5% it was full, but not overpowering, and could be said to be just a touch relaxed, and I got no off-notes with this one. About my only nitpicks would be the somewhat lighter BC, and very light gummy-ness. The flavor was very good, and rating it was somewhat tricky, but it felt good at 7.5/10.