- Nose
- Rich, fruity-sweet and spicy, mulled apple wine, sweet baked apples with cloves and cinnamon powder, heather honey, dried pineapple, dried apricots, dried orange zest, roasted almonds, well-integrated oaky richness. Oranges, lemon peel, stewed apple, melted butter, Werther's original, pinch of cinnamon, candy hearts. Nicely aromatic and fruity, tinned pineapple, sweet oranges, litchee, stewed apples, sweet berries and kiwi, butter cookies, toffee, praline, hay.
- Palate
- Mellow and gentle, big development, rich and mouth-coating. Baked apples with spices, honey, dried grapes (sultanas), dried apricots, milk chocolate with orange peel, chili and ginger pieces, well-integrated background oaky note. Sweet and spicy notes, dark cocoa, candied oranges, faint dried fruits, nutmeg, very soft notes of chili pepper. Fresh and rather rich, lemons, oranges, red apples, kiwi, liquorice, nutmeg, hint of musty sherry oak, buttery edge. Initial rich brown sugar, warming, sweet gingery spice, Jamaican Ginger cake, yeasty flavour like freshly brewing beer.
- Finish
- Long, fruity-sweet (sultanas, dried apricots, condensed orange juice), short chili-ginger-catch, gliding gently with oaky notes. Spices linger, medium in length. Medium long, fruity, light ginger, honey, charred oak. Remaining spice, rounded nutty chocolatey flavour, wide, sweet orangey tang.
