Michael Jackson
Nose
Buttery richness. Butterscotch pudding. Bread and butter pudding. Honey.
Palate
Astonishingly syrupy smooth. Still evoking thoughts of the sweet trolley, but farther south; the honeyed pastries of the Balkans. Then a suggestion of chocolate powder hints at tiramisu.
Finish
Bitter chocolate. Terry's chocolate oranges.
Comment
The ultimate dessert dram. Beautifully composed.
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Dave Broom
Nose
Hugely complex: perfumed with dried apricot, pear, orange and cinnamon. There's honey, hazelnut, orange blossom water, spices and light smoke.
Palate
Intensely concentrated mid-palate with a mass of honeyed red and black fruits, spice, apple. Superb balance and harmony between all the elements.
Finish
Sweet toffee. Smoke.
Comment
Proof, if it were needed, that this is a first-growth distillery.
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