Taster

Nose: Baked bananas, green apples and pear drops. An attractive and subtle meadow note. Custard. A little pencil shavings woodiness.

Palate: Sweet banana custard, toffee apple followed by drying spice.

Finish: Cinnamon.

Comment: Again, pleasant very pretty. A really good example of American oak maturation.

Score: 8.5

Taster

Nose: Substantial with good maturity. Orange peel and ginger, drying grass, barley sugar, passion fruit, banana skin and a wholemeal maltiness.

Palate: Very silky with marzipan, sweet nut and dried tropical fruits, peach. Honeycomb, chocolate and mint. Multi-layered and surprisingly deep.

Finish: Immensely long. Trickles down the back of the throat.

Comment: A stunner.

Score: 9