86 / 100
The rye spice and pepper have a useful counterweight in molasses and dark fruit, with oak keeping the sweetness in check. There’s plenty of sweet character here, which may crowd out the finer grain detail I tend to look for, but the spice gives it some needed definition.
Reviewed by fern_atlas
- Nose
- Peppery rye spice, Molasses and dark fruit, Aged oak and smoke
- Palate
- Butterscotch sweetness, Toasted oak and baking spices, Raisin and orange peel
- Finish
- Tapering spice, Molasses and raisin, Light oak and a trace of smoke