- Nose
- Rich and full with notes of toffee sweetness, winter spice (cinnamon, cloves), chewy oak, toasty vanilla, caramel, malty barley, dried fruits, tobacco, cigar boxes, mushrooms, prunes, dates, furniture polish, waxiness, blackcurrants, crème de cassis, leather-bound books, pine needles, fennel, dried strawberries, cherry skin, Nutella, dark chocolate, and possibly smoky phenols.
- Palate
- Well-balanced and rich with sherried sultanas, dried mixed peels, apple peels, calvados, Bartlett pear, toasted dry cereals, juicy tannins, intense cherries, raspberries, cigar tobacco, shoe polish, leather, bitter chocolate, mochaccino, teak, prunes, burnt toast, fennel, mint, sweet citrus peel, orange pith, chocolate-covered espresso beans, mint chocolates, chocolate truffles, raisins, Morello cherries, orange peels, chestnut honey, Maggi, herbal extracts, coffee, tobacco with a mentholated side, liquorice, and dark cocoa.
- Finish
- Quite long with a good spicy warmth, charred oak, dark forest fruits, more bitter chocolate, somewhat dry, smoky echo, blackberry, and leathery dryness.
