- Nose
- Rich aromas of dark fruits including plum, strawberry, blackberry, cherry, raisins, grapes, and currants, complemented by brown sugar, molasses, vanilla, milk chocolate, and hints of red licorice, orange zest, oak spices, nuttiness, honeysuckle, citrus zest, and cocoa.
- Palate
- Full-bodied and syrupy, with sweet candied fruits, grapey and plumy notes, raspberry coulis, stewed strawberries, ripe stone fruit, caramel, brûléed sugar, milk chocolate, and an oaky backbone with vanilla, nutmeg, pepper, burnt brown sugar, ginger, coffee, cinnamon, clove, espresso, and orange oil.
- Finish
- Long and evolving, with lingering dark chocolate, dried dark fruit, sweetening spices, pepper, orange peels, caramel, fizzy strawberry laces, leather, coffee, tart red fruit, dried fig, raisin, berry jam, roasted coffee, seasoned oak, black-tea tannin, light spice, and a gentle nuttiness.
