Taster

Nose: Assertive maltiness with cooked apple, sweet hay and an intense fragrant/perfumed lift and then a dry sugared almond nuttiness. Delicate but seductive.

Palate: A sweet, perfumed start then that dry malt/nut cuts through to balance well. Some smoke.

Finish: Dry, hay like. Crisp malt.

Comment: A gorgeous refreshing summery glass.

Score: 8

Taster

Nose: Aromatic. Berry-fruits. Cherries. Raisins, quite emphatically so.

Palate: Smooth, clean, entrance. Becoming almondy, with suggestions of bitter chocolate and rum.

Finish: Soothing, warming, long.

Comment: The fruitiest of the Bourbons. After dinner?

Score: 8.3