- Nose
- Rich aromas of fruit (red berries, raspberries, blackberries, sweet cherries, red apples), dark chocolate, rich honey, hazelnuts, pine needles, furniture polish, musty attic, golden syrup, caramelised dark brown sugar, wood resins and sap, oily walnut, chewy sherried sultanas, old leather, waxy notes, salted toffee. [8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 21]
- Palate
- Dark chocolate, orange marmalade, rich honey, damped wood, tobacco, Earl Grey tea, eucalyptus, cranberries, oak, liquorice, cinnamon, crushed black peppercorns, sweet barley, cut hay, greenness, cut herbs, toasted oaken spice, peppery notes, creamy, dried fruits, figs, spices, wood flavours, sweet fudge, fresh menthol, bitter oak tannins, initial sweetness, tropical fruit (melon), ripe apple, citrus, mint. [8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 21]
- Finish
- Very long and somewhat dry, dark chocolate, toffee, tobacco, thyme, cranberries, oak, black pepper, spicy, whirling smoke, fino sherry note, menthol, cinnamon, clove, walnut, subtle but persisting dried fruit sweetness, bitter note, hint of char, subtle cereal note. [8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 21]
