Ample apple appeal

A clean, fresh nose with fruits in a wooden bowl, church candles and a fuchsia hedge got us started. Underneath that lay a background sweetness of toffee apples, chocolate bonbons, parma violets and stem ginger in syrup. The palate’s waxy mouth-feel preceded sherbet straws, milk chocolate and coconut sweetness – plus abundant fruit (custard apple, fruit leathers, grapefruit and peach). The reduced nose proffered mild incense, beeswax, leather and a varnished wooden snuff box, while retaining the fruit (lemon tart, peach, pear and green apple). The palate combined apple crumble, golden syrup on waffles, and rhubarb rock with bitter chocolate, ginger beer, paprika and oak.