- Nose
- Rich dried fruits, dark chocolate, Christmas cake, fragrant oak spices, orange zest, vanilla, pomegranate molasses, rosehip syrup, hazelnut butter, orange oil, burnt chocolate scone batter, cognac-plumped raisins, savory notes, toasted vermicelli, leathery jerky, smoked mushroom, rosewood boxes, mothballs, waxy, mineral, yeasty, bovril, brown bread with molasses, flinty, industrial, machine oil, carbon paper, floral/grape acidity, sweet cherries, Black Forest gateau, mango, papaya, cocoa, sour plum compote with cinnamon.
- Palate
- Full-bodied, intense sherry influence, raisins, figs, cinnamon, cloves, dark chocolate, roasted nuts, leather, tobacco, leathery arrival, peppered dried beef strips, puddingy Oloroso, orange zest, Armagnac, chocolate creme patisserie, woody chestnut mash, acorns, meaty, earthy, savory note of mushroom, cream of mushroom soup, bourguignon with polenta, thyme-oil emulsion, char of smoky earth, smoked paprika, warm walnuts, baklava, walnut oil, smooth, creamy chocolate cremeux, hot, chewy, burnt caramel, bitter oak, roasted malt, cherry bonbons, plum jam, slight sulfur note.
- Finish
- Long, warming, complex, lingering dried fruits, oak spices, dark chocolate, pleasant walnut bitterness, sweet sherry notes, bittersweet, cacao nibs, lots of oak, red wine tannins, drying, gristy grain, old wines, dusty funky dunnage notes, date paste, tamarind, bitter orange liqueur, ointments, spicy oak.
