Taster

Nose: Heathery notes, with cream, almost verging on cottage cheese. Oat cakes, blueberry compote, orange fruit jellies, glacé cherries and raisin.

Palate: Meaty at first, like pork chops on a barbeque - salty. Slightly waxy, rubber stoppers, damp leaves on the ground, corn oil, pencil sharpenings and sage.

Finish: Chilli heat and rubbery green notes wrap up a medium finish. There’s a little menthol at the end, too.

Comment: I fell in love with the nose, but the palate lacks a little of the complexity I was expecting.

Score: 7.5

Taster

Nose: Dried red apple, freeze-dried strawberries, furniture polish, blueberry and honey-glazed granola.

Palate: Medium bodied. Orchard fruits, predominantly red apple, are joined by bramble crumble and then cashew nut, evolving into savoury oyster mushroom.

Finish: Long. Nutty and somewhat savoury. In time, this fades and red apple remains. Slightly drying as tannins make an appearance.

Comment: A pleasant dram that improves with time in the glass.

Score: 7.8