Nectarous enticements

The sweet, fruity nose offered enticements of danish pastries (with apricot and custard), ripe melon, banana toffee, candied pineapple and clover honey. The palate had sweet, sticky madeira molasses cake; chocolate, hazelnut and nougat caramel cups; cloudy apple juice with elderflower and, eventually, after-tingles of oak, crystallised ginger and peppermint. The reduced nose was clean and fresh, with lemon, candied angelica, tropical fruits and newly chopped wood, as well as yet more sweet treats (honey, maple syrup, condensed milk, fudge). The palate now delighted us with juicy pear, mashed banana on toast and crème brûlée, with an aftertaste of honey smeared on oak and clean leather.