Taster

Nose: Cinder toffee pieces, chocolate coated caramel pennies, fresh sliced apple and honey. Black forest gateaux. Opening a mahogany grand piano, highly polished notes of beeswax and lacquer.

Palate: Soft and gentle at first, runny honey but not clingy sweetness. That black forest gateaux comes back.

Finish: That orange sherbet note takes the finish right to the end. Plenty of maple syrup sweetness too.

Comment: A great dram, that long lovely finish is intense, tannin laden and just wonderful really.

Score: 8.8

Taster

Nose: Marzipan, rum 'n' raisin fudge and banana pancakes with wisps of peach yoghurt and dried apricots. Stewed rhubarb, strawberries, cinnamon and ice cream Chewits.

Palate: Strawberries, ripe banana skin and baked red apples drizzled with almond milk and shavings of white chocolate. Toasted pistachios, marzipan and butter icing.

Finish: Light and airy with a buttery consistency that creates the lovely length.

Comment: A fully loaded fruit basket.

Score: 8.7