Taster

Nose: Flowery, herbal.

Palate: Very light. Fresh.

Finish: Hint of liquorice-like sherry.

Comment: Perfectly pleasant but very light in flavours.

Score: 6.5

Taster

Nose: Unusually sherried for a Cooley blend; sweet blackcurrant jelly fruit. Pretty decent malt involvement, grapey and firm grain. Impressive.

Palate: Immensely rich, fruity and chewy by Cooley standards. Fine malt sweetness balances oaky dryness.

Finish: An oaky buzz sits well with the sweeter remnants of the fruit and malt. Slightly roasted.

Comment: Wonderfully balanced and quite chewy. Has shifted its shape a little: the spice now starts earlier and fizzles out before the finish.

Score: 7.5