- Nose
- Rich sherry, jammy fruit (plums, orange sherbet, dark berry jam, cooked stonefruit), Jaffa Cakes, chocolate chip banana bread, milk chocolate, oily notes of walnuts, olive oil, aged balsamic, shoe polish, floral notes (tulips, dried rose petals), pencil shavings, almonds, caramelised fruit, sundried tomatoes, nougat, sweet honey, pineapple, coconut, stewed pear, floral blossom, burnt matches, treacle, cassia bark, tree resin, faint candle wick.
- Palate
- Medium-thick texture, moderate heat, richly fruity (orange sherbet, dark berry jam, cooked stonefruit, juicy raisin, blackberry, cherries, stewed figs, berry syrup), slightly burnt toffee, candied nuts, After Eights, fresh polished oak, potpourri, prickly pear, burnt sugar, walnuts, more oak, drying cocoa, cinnamon brightness, vanilla oak, dark toffee, caramelised fruits, dark chocolate, coffee, black pepper, stem ginger, syrupy, cinnamon sticks, brown sugar, chocolate malt, dark caramel, leather, cream, butterscotch, festive spices, earthy vanilla pod, maple syrup, oily toasted nuts, toast.
- Finish
- Medium-short, rather oaky, overbrewed tea, blueberries, pomegranate juice, orange zest, pear jam, slightly grassy-sweet, caramel, gristy malt, hint of buttery olive oil, dark chocolate, coffee, nutty (walnuts, chocolate-coated peanuts, almonds), long and lingering with spirited prickle and cherry syrup.
