- Nose
- A gloriously oily, slightly metallic and industrial first impression; motor and graphite oil, paraffin and then coastal notes of dry, salt-crusted peat, old dry creels and those tarred ropes. A blend of exceptionally delicate fruit comes next with hints of guava, green plum and white peach but always surrounded by the dry phenols and salt. Develops on earl grey tea (bergamot), old style perfume, cocoa, bitter oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, sangria, incense, cedar wood, and dried roses.
- Palate
- Soft and yet rich on delivery with a near perfect integration of delicately metallic peat; graphite/aluminium notes and salt infused coal smoke. Complexity with salted lime, acrid notes, pig sheds, smoked hay, aniseed balls, stoney minerals and dried herbs. Very citrusy, waxy and oily, with notes of old Riesling and hints of caramel crème. Exceptionally tarry and peaty, smooth and sweet but firm, salty, resinous, leathery, coastal, with bitter oranges.
- Finish
- Medium length with flickers of fruit bathed in distinctly oily, metallic phenols. The mix of great delicacy and robust body persists; soft seaweed, herbal teas, dried tarragon/fennel seed and faint farmy suggestions, slowly fading. Rather long, quite resinous and smoky, with quite some salt remaining on the tip of your tongue.
