- Nose
- Sweet and gently spiced with notes of baked apple, pear, raisin, marzipan, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and orange peel. Hints of menthol, slight ash, caramel, grapes, dried fig, spiced oak, brown sugar, cherries, tinned fruit like pineapple, pepper, bitter orange rind, dark roast coffee, milk chocolate, chocolate-covered strawberries, candied orange slices, sharp lemon, sherry-soaked raisins, figs, strawberry syrup, vanilla, and honey.
- Palate
- Not oily but gentle and elegant, featuring caramel, milk coffee, malted biscuit, sherry nuts, dried fruit, ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon spice. It has a medium-thin body with flavors of grapes, dried fig, spiced oak, brown sugar, cherries, tinned fruit, pepper, bitter orange rind, dark roast coffee, milk chocolate, chocolate-covered strawberries, candied orange slices, sharp lemon, malt, honey, oak, berries (especially cranberry), apples, tangerines, orange citrus/peel, confectionary, walnut brownies, wood spice, barrel spice, heat with pepper, and a hint of banana. Some tartness with charcoal and red fruit, and a medium oily/syrupy mouthfeel.
- Finish
- Medium to long, with notes of filter coffee, ginger spice, toffee, a hint of char, oak, and a fine tannic mouthfeel. Soft and silky with dark fruits like plum and prune, a hint of clove and pepper, chocolate-covered strawberries, candied orange slices, sharp lemon, light sherry, malty, dry, and hints of tobacco leaf, smoke, hay, dry grasses, and orange zest.
