Taster

Nose: A curious first impression that takes you by surprise. Blackcurrant leaves and berries, elderflower cordial black liquorice and herbal notes of crushed nettles.

Palate: Menthol lozenge, blackcurrant and mint, then cut grass. It has no sweetness I would associate with oak. Has this been matured in another wood like pine?

Finish: A seesaw of cool to hot with a long pithy finish.

Comment: It felt like walking in a Swedish forest in the rain!

Score: 7.9

Taster

Nose: Like a Swedish sauna, linament, Moroccan mint tea and cough medicine.

Palate: Very, very odd. Like cinnamon balls, leather footballs. Like a pine liqueur I recently had in France. Fisherman's Friends too.

Finish: Pine bitterness. Fernet Branca.

Comment: Could be used as a cocktail ingredient. Like it has been matured in Swedish Sauna Pine Wood.

Score: 6.5