Unbound 2012 winter warmer, less dependent on usual holiday spicing than conventional Christmastime fare, begs for more distinct flavor profile. Dewy peat-smoked earthiness, ashen tobacco-dried chocolate malting and dark caramel sweetness serenade caraway-crusted rye-floured molasses-sapped black breading. But brown-sugared cinnamon-nutmeg-allspice seasoning and tertiary plum-fig-date conflux need richer assertion.