- Nose
- A high-energy nose with smouldering peat embers, cigar wrapper and candied ginger. Rich, smouldering embers, with toasted oak, gingerbread, and twists of waxy lemon. Burnt moss and damp twigs, dry dirt, mushroom, heavy exotic baking spices, orange zest, heather honey. Sweet campfire smoke, a little iodine/medicinal vibe, some red fruit, maybe strawberry/raspberry. Mild notes of pineapple.
- Palate
- Oily, smoky, rich and savoury. Meaty smoke, sizzling bacon, caramelised maple, with rich baking spices. Thick and creamy mouthfeel, sweet with smoky caramel, peat, berries, apples, raisins, cherries, and nutmeg. Intensely sweet on first sip, instantly coats the tongue, pipe tobacco, citrus, pineapple, raspberry, velvety mouthfeel with hardly any alcohol burn. Dark chocolate cake.
- Finish
- Long and syrupy with apricot jam and peat smoke. Medium-length finish. Tannic oak, spices, pepper, and more spices. Medium length finish, surprisingly fruit forward, pineapple keeps coming up, very lightly smoky, like cool mesquite smoke.