Taster

Nose: Baked oranges and lemons, pineapple upside down cake, toffee, and milk chocolate-coated raisins. Brazil nuts and dried banana chips.

Palate: Medium-full. Dried dates and figs. Ripe plums and raisins. Baked apples and pears with orange slices. More baked banana chips and almond butter. Lemon-lime gummy sweets. Very ripe flat peaches. Tutti Frutti bubblegum.

Finish: Medium, on Tutti Frutti.

Comment: Sweeter than sin without being unbalanced. Absolutely delicious.

Score: 8.2

Taster

Nose: Sweet shop: pear drops, mint humbugs, orange wine gums, peachy foam sweets, even the wooden countertop in the store. Garibaldi biscuit (with raisins), oatmeal, and a hint of lemon curd.

Palate: Medium bodied. Vanilla sponge cake and thick, enveloping caramel sauce. Tinned peach and pear. Toasted tea cake, apple compote, and heathery honey. Woody cinnamon stick.

Finish: Medium. Woody spice and a hint of buttered toast with that honey.

Comment: Fruity and fun. A lovely layering of light and richer sweet notes.

Score: 8.1