- Nose
- Feinty with notes of wood, soft calves leather, wood shavings, copper, barley sweetness, toasted cereal, honey, herbs, flowers, cut grass, nettles, flax, ripe red apples, apple turnovers, peaches, gooseberries, grapes, polish, marzipan, resinous sappy oak, mild salinity, strawberries and cream, balsa wood, goatskin leather, bread, green apple, vanilla, icing sugar, floral, honey, nougat, toasted barley.
- Palate
- Well oaked with a buttery mouthfeel, superb balance, toasty cereal, nuttiness, juicy barley, spice, dried spiced apples, orange and lemon peels, generous cinnamon and pepper spicing, underlying maltiness, grainy cereals, freshly toasted bread, brass polish, honey, salt, chocolate, melon, dates, fruit cake, Christmas pudding, delicate and refined, slightly mentholated, pear, cereal, white pepper.
- Finish
- Long, full of barley, developing aridity, spicy with ginger and pepper, slight bitter and tannic notes, oily, oak, cinnamon, cardboard, persistent, touch of acidity, fresh fruit salad, waxy note, citrus, lemon rind, oak, dried leaves.
