Taster

Nose: Creamily sweet and lush. Bread and butter pudding, grass/straw, custard Tokaji, clootie dumpling. Good grain notes.

Palate: Slick and soft, well matured. Spices, peach and a touch of almost burnt treacle underneath. Soft, toffee-ed.

Finish: Nutty, chocolate.

Comment: A delicious rounded session blend.

Score: 7.5

Taster

Nose: Sweet and fragrant. Demerara sugar. Melon. Grapefruit. A touch exotic fruit. Pineapple. Then develops on fresh oak and cedar.

Palate: Mellow. Velvety. Releases more wood notes than on the nose. Resin.

Finish: A little biting. Long. After Eight mint chocolate.

Comment: On the sweet side, although the finish brings out a more assertive note. A good winter warmer.

Score: 7.5