Nose

Crème caramel, freshly scraped vanilla pod, clove, cassia, and grassy rye spice. Candied orange peel, overripe pear, salted sweet potato crisps, and toasty oak. Chocolate-chip brioche. Mint humbugs.

Palate

Medium bodied. Baked apples, sultanas and ground cinnamon. Caramel latte. Banana slices fried in butter. Rye bread with chocolate-hazelnut spread. Clove spice returns towards the end.

Finish

Medium-long, on demerara sugar, dark chocolate and almost mentholic clove.

Comment

Pleasingly herbaceous. Manhattans, anyone?