- Nose
- Opens with classic Ben Nevis 'dirtiness' likened to copper coins and a certain sourness, white pepper, red berries, lychees, cooked apples, yeast, dough, assorted breads/pastries, sour cherries, strawberry-flavored yogurt, grass, lemon, grapefruit, metal, chalk, pepper, damp cellars and tobacco.
- Palate
- A hot mix of sweet, bitter, and sour notes, yeasty, peppery heat, peanut skins, almond oil, shoe polish, biscuits, charred oak, strawberry ice cream, toasted barley, bread, grass, lemon, grapefruit, sour red wine, red berries, dried herbs, soot, aniseed and licorice.
- Finish
- Long, bitter-sweet-sour, hot, tannic, with red fruits, spiciness, apple peels, toasted barley, yeast, dough, bread, sour cherries, green apple, Bounty Bars, Tutti Frutti, menthol, dusty oak, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, floral soap, citrus, dried herbs, licorice, and varnish.