Taster

Nose: Lemon drizzle cake and the vanilla sugary elements of wrapping paper from a packet of fudge. Fruit Polos and crystallised ginger sweets.

Palate: Sweetish at first then a lovely strawberry and black pepper spice note comes through, clingy like balsamic vinegar. Fruit here too and gentle sherry notes and Christmas spices.

Finish: Spicy and long lasting, with hints of caramel and that strawberry sweetness and black pepper spice.

Comment: Great balance. The perfect dram to improve a damp Sunday afternoon.

Score: 8.7

Taster

Nose: Americano coffee underpinned with lots of red fruits. Sugar syrup just lingers around.

Palate: Sweet and spice. Strawberry jam and and a little oak, that balances rather than overwhelms. Faintly cinammon and clove – mulled wine.

Finish: Fairly long, although the spice comes and goes. Caramel comes to the fore, while the jam hangs around the back.

Comment: Sweet and spice in really good harmony.

Score: 8