The color is dark amber, with a red-greenish hue when it is liquid and takes on a brown color if crystallized.

The smell is intense, not very sweet, bitter and very persistent.

The aroma is intense, aromatic, pungent, acrid, green, vegetable / herbaceous, woody, bitter.

Chestnut honey tends to remain liquid due to the strong fructose component. The eventual crystallization is very slow and not always regular