- Nose
- Layers of dried figs, raisins, dark cherries, plum pudding, toffee pudding, marzipan, warm spices, leather, polished wood, red fruit sweetness, creamy oak, dark roasted coffee, ginger, vanilla, orange, soft smoke, lemon juice, cedar wood, apple peel, toasty oak, soft earth, date and walnut cake, espresso, blackberries, red plums, rich Oloroso sherry, candied orange segments, spiced oatmeal biscuits.
- Palate
- Full-bodied and oily, rich plum, chocolate, espresso, cocoa powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, mixed with dry oak, subtle menthol, bold sherry, dry oak, chocolate-covered cherries, red berries, cinnamon, pepper, subdued sweetness of honey, golden syrup, juicy raisins, tangy oak notes, peach, cherry blossom, cocoa, honeydew melon, Oloroso sherry, bitter chocolate sauce, plum pudding, spicy notes (cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg), smooth tannins.
- Finish
- Exceptionally long and warming, peppery oak spice, dark chocolate, cigar wrapper, liquorice, enduring sherry-soaked fruit, long and lingering with notes of dry wood and lemon pepper, sherry tones, hint of sulphur, chocolate, luscious fruit, pepper, plum skin, ripe blackberry in dark chocolate treacle.
