With a resounding "wow!" from the word go, it was apparent that what we discovered something special. Sophisticated fruits moved beyond simple terms to encapsulate oloroso sherry with waves of bruised apples, ripe papaya and pecans. A chasmic pool of grated dark chocolate and perfumed tobacco swirled around moscovado sugar, flambeed bananas and black tea with a rich intensity. With water came a wave of fermenting pears, raisins and dates with hints of treacle and vanilla on very mature oak. Dried apricots merged with sweet spices as marmalade complemented walnuts, almonds and prunes. A divine and extensive finish stretched out into cognac and coffee before leaving us with tobacco, pickled lime skin and a feeling of awe.
Eigentlich ist das Old & Rare Tasting ja die inoffizielle Weihnachtsfeier der SMWS. Und bis Anfang November hatten wir tatsächlich die kleine Hoffnung, dass die Veranstaltung stattfinden...
We found this dram to be clothed in wax jackets and wellies at first sniffing. Coal smoke was stuck to its clothes and it had clearly just come in out of the rain! Notes of watermelon charred over a...
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Our excited and enthusiastic panellists were inspired by this to paint word pictures. The nose was ‘Dried cranberries on sticky Dundee cake, dunked in port and...
A surprisingly dense and sweet nose full of condensed milk, sweetened butter, mango yogurt, milk bottle sweeties, gooseberry fool, lemon parfait, marshmallow spread, pink wafers, rosewater and gin...