86 / 100
The ripe apple is clearly drawn, but pie-like sweetness, stewed ginger and rancio pull this toward a deeper, settled style than the bright freshness I usually favour. The fruit keeps it appealing.
Reviewed by softshoe owl
- Nose
- Ripe Honeycrisp apples, Apple pie with vanilla ice cream, Butterscotch, Cherry jam in the distance
- Palate
- Cinnamon apples, Stewed ginger, Rancio, Old leather-bound books, A touch of dark chocolate bitterness by mid-palate, A touch of unburnt tobacco and leafiness, Balanced confit plums in the background
- Finish
- Long, with fading ginger, Some baked apples, Gentle malt, More complex rancio fade, Gentle dark chocolate towards the end