- Nose
- Sticky-sweet, nutty, malty, nut brittle, cream soda, cinnamon buns, butterscotch, buttery pastries, toffee, demerara sugar, bright sweet fruit, sugared berries, cherries, candied orange peel, golden raisins, mild milk chocolate, cappuccino, hint of mint and anise. Also, sweet golden sultanas, rich fig syrup, ground almonds, orange bitters, gentle dusting of black pepper.
- Palate
- Medium-thick texture. Sweet PX sherry gives way to spicy oloroso, apple, pear, maraschino cherry, orange, hot pepper, nutty oloroso sherry, clover honey sweetness, roasted almonds, caramelized sugar notes, gingersnaps, buttery shortbread, oak, anise. Rich, dark berries, citrus, lemon, silky and syrupy texture, mild baking spices, nutmeg, brown sugar, malty. Strong, heavy on wood spices, ripe red apples, leather, butterscotch, dates, fig. Big malty core, sweet and syrupy, nutty notes, spices, tinned peaches, cinnamon, honey, vanilla syrup, candied ginger, active oak. Fruity and spicy, quite nutty, almonds, unsalted peanuts, sweet Pedro Ximenez.
- Finish
- More dried fruit sweetness, fragrant wood, mellow sweet citrus, clover honey, lingering hot pepper, trace of chocolate. Medium long, raisins, sultanas, oak, drying. Butterscotch, pepper, oak, apple peel, sweet and spicy. Long, malty, peppery, lots of raisins, sweet rhubarb. Medium to long, nuts give way to apples and pears, grapes, raisins, dates, warm spices.
