Taster

Nose: Fresh coffee and cooked oranges mingle with striking wood notes. Hints of dark chocolate and fig rolls.

Palate: Dense at first. Everything is packed together. Smoke gathers revealing that sweet parkin cake edge.

Finish: Sooty and earthy.

Comment: A classic example of how to use a sherry cask.

Score: 7.5

Taster

Nose: Chocolate brownies,chicory coffee and figs. Fragrant and fruity beneath. Copes with water well which shows that behind the assertive oak there's a rich fruity depth.

Palate: Thick start before a little smoke and,as the tannins start their work,tomato puree,nuts and treacle toffee. Reminiscent of a brandy de Jerez.

Finish: Charcoal.

Comment: For the big sherried lovers.

Score: 7.8