Taster

Nose: Dried mango, papaya juice, dragonfruit and raisin. Dark chocolate and filter coffee. Overripe (bruised) strawberry and ripe plum.

Palate: Concentrated fruit flavour of ripe nectarine, mango, and cantaloupe. A touch of sweet balsamic and sweet red pepper. Evocative of an old marsala. Lots of milk chocolate, with some background herbaceousness.

Finish: Long. The ripe plum note persists.

Comment: Has a nice balance of chocolate and tropical notes – like a fusion-cuisine dessert.

Score: 8

Taster

Nose: Rum-raisin ice cream. Syrupy ginger cake and applesauce. High-cocoa dark chocolate, pipe tobacco, Hot Cross buns (yeasted dough, currants, candied peel), marzipan, and a touch of rosewater.

Palate: Light-medium bodied. Orange zest, crème caramel, and syrupy cooked plums. Cocoa powder-dusted chocolate brownies. Beeswax and a little old leather. Black cherry yoghurt and Florentines.

Finish: Long, on the rum-raisin notes and candied orange peel.

Comment: A great balance of dark, richer notes and fruit freshness.

Score: 8.3