Characteristics of the juice tested
- Sponsor having lent material for the review: VDLV
- Price of the tested packaging: 14.90 Euros
- Quantity: 20 Ml
- Price per ml: 0.75 Euros
- Price per liter: 750 Euros
- Juice category according to price per ml previously calculated: Mid-range, from 0.61 to 0.75 euro ml
- Nicotine dosage: 12 Mg / Ml
- Proportion of Vegetable Glycerin: 50%
Packing
- Presence of a box: Yes
- Are the materials making up the box recyclable ?: Yes
- Presence of a tamper-evident seal: Yes
- Bottle material: Glass, the packaging can only be used for filling if the stopper is fitted with a pipette
- Cork equipment: Glass pipette
- Tip characteristic: No tip, will require the use of a filling syringe if the cap is not fitted
- Name of the juice wholesale on the label: Yes
- Wholesale PG-VG proportions display on label: Yes
- Wholesale nicotine dosage display on the label: Yes
Steamer note for packaging: 4.4 / 5 
Comments on the packaging
The “Les Grands” range will certainly have been one of the ranges that will have illuminated the vaping year 2015. Diversity, elaboration of refined recipes, great luxury presentation and irreproachable safety, the brand has played on its achievements to present a collection of four juices which succeeded perfectly in convincing.
Thus, the conditioning of Rio Grande is rather rare at this level of tariff. Cardboard box, aesthetics worked, information many and accurate, we are in the top of the basket. VDLV wants to show all of its know-how to an audience of confirmed vapers.
Legal, security, sanitary, and religious compliance
- Presence of child safety on the cap: Yes
- Presence of clear pictograms on the label: Yes
- Presence of raised marking for visually impaired persons on the label: Yes
- 100% of the juice compounds are indicated on the label: Yes
- Presence of alcohol: Yes. Be careful if you are sensitive to this substance
- Presence of distilled water: Yes. Please note that the harmlessness of distilled water has not yet been demonstrated.
- Presence of essential oils: No
- Compliance HIDE: Do not know
- HALAL compliance: No, and I'll tell you why lower
- Indication of the name of the laboratory producing the juice: Yes
- Presence of the contacts necessary to reach a consumer service on the label: Yes
- Presence on the label of a batch number: Yes
Vapelier's note regarding the respect of various conformities (except religious): 4.25 / 5 
Comments on the security, legal, health and religious aspects
It is difficult to criticize security and legal compliance with a brand that has largely contributed to highlighting them. Also, we will go quickly over this chapter. Everything is there, do not doubt it and even more.
I note that the Rio Grande contains alcohol which is the agent of dilution of the natural flavors in a proportion of approximately 5%. I therefore warn people sensitive to this substance as well as practicing Muslims.
It also contains milli-Q water which is an ultra-pure water which makes it possible to fluidify a mixture. I therefore warn people who never use water, neither for drinking, nor for washing, those who are allergic to rain, fog and spray and those whose body contains 0% water.
Appreciation of the packaging
- Does the graphic design of the label and the product name agree ?: Yes
- Global correspondence of the packaging with the product name: Yes
- The packaging effort made is in accordance with the price category: Yes
Vapelier's note regarding packaging with regard to juice category: 5 / 5 
Comments on the packaging
The packaging would be quite worthy of the superior category. A blue-purple cardboard whose inscriptions recall both the advertisements of the mid-20th century and the funfair embeds the flask itself. It's beautiful, terribly original and a bit vintage.
Inside, you will discover the bottle, in transparent glass. So avoid letting it steep out of its box because I don't think it is anti-uv treated. The label is splendid too, skillfully combining the very Saint-Exupérien universe of Vincent Dans Les Vapes with the graphic universe specific to the range.
It is beautiful and rewarding. And when you put money in an e-liquid, it's important to feel that the manufacturer has pampered you.
Sensory appreciations
- Color and product name agree ?: Yes
- Do the smell and the name of the product agree ?: Yes
- Definition of odor: Fruity, Citrus, Menthol
- Definition of taste: Fruit, Citrus, Menthol, Light
- The taste and the name of the product, do they agree ?: Yes
- Did I like this juice ?: Yes
- This liquid reminds me: Fun!
Vapelier's note on the sensory experience: 5/5
Comments on the taste of the juice
In aspiring the first puff, one is surprised by the apparent simplicity of the taste reading of the aromas.
We have indeed a successful fruity cocktail, a skillful blend of grenadine and a sweet but juicy orange. This mix works all the better when the aromas used are natural and therefore promote an astonishing realism.
We also feel the discreet presence of menthol which refreshes the mouth but which is deliberately underdosed to play its role of flavor enhancer without distorting the frank complicity of the fruits. And this is quite rare. The fruits are not there to validate an extra-fresh recipe, they do not make up the figure. These are the two main players in a production where menthol only serves as a refreshing foil.
A fine and just recipe for a fruity e-liquid that I am sure will please all lovers of the genre.
Tasting recommendations
- Recommended power for optimal taste: 18 W
- Type of vapor obtained at this power: Dense
- Hit type obtained at this power: Medium
- Atomizer used for the review: Taïgun GT, Cyclone AFC
- Value of the resistance of the atomizer in question: 1.4
- Materials used with the atomizer: Kantal, Cotton
Comments and recommendations for an optimal tasting
The aromatic power being average, I recommend vaping the Rio Grande on an RTA or a dripper which is favorable to the development of flavors. A resistance rather higher than the ohm will suit him perfectly, as well as a warm / cold vape, aerated or not, according to your desires. In my opinion, a happy medium will be more conducive to tasting. When it comes to power, the Rio Grande can climb quite high (around 25W on a cushy device). We then gain in orange and acidity what we lose in the roundness of the pomegranate. This is why, I advise to vape it around 18 / 19W, sufficient to wake it up without unbalancing it.
Recommended Moments
- Recommended times of the day: Morning, All afternoon during everyone's activities, End of the evening with or without herbal tea
- Can this juice be recommended as an All Day Vape: No
Overall average (excluding packaging) of the Vapelier for this juice: 4.55 / 5 
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My mood ticket on this juice
The Rio Grande, this mythical river that Mexicans call Rio Bravo and which draws a natural border between two countries, gave birth to two famous films, one of which bears the Mexican name and the other the American name.
You will also have to rely now on the French version which will flow in your atos with the same speed most certainly. Because it is above all a good juice, simple, but each flavor of which has been designed according to the rules of the art from the product of nature and you can feel it.
Another great success in this range that really deserves the shot dripper!
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