- Nose
- Wood reluctantly gives way to fruity aromas. Wet cellar notes. Apricot skin, grape. Vanilla sweetness follows. Beeswax. Roasted coffee beans.
- Palate
- Round, leafy, malty. Sweetness all the way through.
- Finish
- Neat, rather dry and crisp. A touch of leaf bitterness.
- Comment
- A sweet, soft and mellow fruitiness. Too much is too much sometimes.
- Nose
- Light, malty and gentle with colour, honey and a bit of damp earth.
- Palate
- Well-balanced and on the soft light side with a soft vanilla undertow and that hint of light honey.
- Finish
- Short.
- Comment
- Approachable and pleasant but a tad bland.
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