Taster

Nose: Tea soaked fruits in preparation for baking a tea loaf. Plum jam. Light hay and wooden fruit boxes. Honey and fig pastry notes.

Palate: Fruit tea sweetened with honey, and granary toast with figs and date jam. Silky textured and mead like. Milk chocolate and amontillado sherry. A hint of mint.

Finish: A soft rounded and balanced texture.

Comment: Exceptionally smooth and easy to drink – a real ‘reach for the bottle’ dram.

Score: 7.9

Taster

Nose: Stewed apples and brown sugar, hazelnut purée, rose petals, barley sugar, fudge. Sweet, floral and rich. Delightful.

Palate: A little woody spice, some sweet orchard fruit, liquorice, a dusting of soot and creamy fudge. There’s also a touch of fresh apple juice.

Finish: Lingering apple skin, raisins and a touch of oak.

Comment: Solid, dependable and very well made. Really ticks all the boxes.

Score: 8.4