Taster

Nose: Malty, nutty, biscuity, mixed dried fruit (apricots?). Some creamy toffee and the faintest whiff of smoke.

Palate: More dried fruit - tea loaf? Sweet and bitter. Vaguely winey, too.

Finish: On the short side and somewhat tannic. Oxidisation? Faint smoke?

Comment: I find Port and even Madeira characteristics here. Complex enough, but probably not to everyone's liking.

Score: 7.3

Taster

Nose: Burnt orange and vanilla.

Palate: Rounded, with soft fruits, burnt toast and sherry cask maturation in evidence.

Finish: Dry leaves and woodsmoke.

Comment: Pleasant but undramatic. I was a little disappointed to find out it was Highland Park... surely we can do better than this?

Score: 7.5