88 / 100
The most compelling thread is the contrast between dry sherry, nuts and curry on the palate and the salty, smoky finish, with seaweed and tar giving it a distinctly coastal edge. The nose adds an unusual herbal turn through parsley and rosemary alongside walnut and salted butter caramel. It’s a dense, assertive set of notes, but the relationship between sherry richness and peat smoke gives the character a clear shape rather than making it feel like a simple list of bold flavours.
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- Nose
- Saline, New tyres, Walnut, Parsley, Rosemary, Salted butter caramel, Old leather, Sweet mustard, Cigars, Molasses, Burnt cake, Ointments, Balms, Camphor
- Palate
- Rich, Oily, Thick, Dry sherry, Nuts, Curry, Old vin jaune
- Finish
- Very long, Peat smoke, Ashes, Saltiness, Seaweed, Tar, Salted liquorice, Currants