88 / 100
Cooked fruit and chocolate digestives give the nose a clear, generous direction, while dusty cedar and toasted almonds keep it from reading as purely sweet. On the palate, barley and apricot meet old oak, with just a touch of smoke. The finish shifts to crusty bread, salted butter and marmalade. That movement from fruit and oak toward savoury, bready notes makes this an appealing, well-defined profile.
Reviewed by sunbeam.postcard
- Nose
- Cooked fruit, Dusty cedar, Chocolate digestives, Toasted almonds
- Palate
- Rounded notes of barley and apricots, Old oak introducing just a touch of smoke
- Finish
- Crusty bread with salted butter, A little marmalade