- Nose
- Dark and brooding with rich fruit notes like blood orange, plum, blackcurrant, blackberry, raisins, figs, and prunes. Spices like cinnamon, along with soft wood notes, oatmeal-like barley, and a soft perfume. Dry nutty sherry, cherry, milk chocolate, rum raisin, citrus, baked oats, and almond paste.
- Palate
- Rich, complex, and mouthcoating with strong dark fruits such as raisin, blackcurrant, blood orange, blackberry, plum, and dried currants. Creamy caramel, hard toffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, brown sugar, red apple, and sweet nuttiness like hazelnut ice-cream and walnut cake. Spices like cinnamon, cloves, pepper, and nutmeg, with a subtle sweet dryness and candied apple nuances.
- Finish
- Long and warming, with grape skins, cocoa powder, perfumed oak, and a savory note. Dried apricot, dates, soft spice, stewed apple, boozy sultanas, cracked peppercorns, and lingering spices. Drying oak tannins, warming baking spices of cinnamon bark and dried ginger powder, with a hint of dried tropical fruits.
