Taster

Nose: Sweet and malty: hay, fruit salad, ripe pear, pineapple, quince, lemon, barley sugar, candy floss. Gets drier, and woodier, with time.

Palate: Silky and soft with fair balance. The sweetness goes quickly, leaving crisp malt and light spices.

Finish: Bitter orange nut.

Comment: The wood has a fair say in things, the Sauternes playing a subtle role in it all.

Score: 7.5

Taster

Nose: Coconut ice.

Palate: Sherbet. Lemonade. Becoming. Honeyish.

Finish: Rose's lime marmalade, on well-done buttered toast.

Comment: Which Sauternes? The flavours of childhood, rather than sophistication.

Score: 7.8