Tasting Notes
Oaky shiraz, deep vanilla and stewed red berries mingling with orchard fruits on the nose transported the Panel to a vineyard in autumn. Cocoa-forward, the palate had blood orange syrup, singed cinnamon, cherry chocolate cake and crème de cassis. Water gave the nose glazed doughnuts filled with apple sauce and lychee purée, cinnamon and nutty demerara sugar. The finish was marmalade atop a chocolate walnut cake, with treacle toffee chews, liquorice and tobacco. After 14 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this to a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.
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