Nose: Smoky, maritime NOSEwith hints of sticking plasters and toffee brittle.
Palate: Smoky, creamy palate with notes of marmalade, toffee apples and pear cider. A development of cloves comes late palate.
Finish: A long, malty finish with toasty oak and spice.
Nose: Soft vanilla and sawdust as it opens, leading on to notes of dried fruit and mixed nuts.
Palate: Drying at first with oak and cinnamon, before hints of fresh apple and caramelised pear bring a juiciness to the palate.
Finish: A very subtle touch of smoke develops underneath toffee and blueberry on the finish.
Nose: Powerful peat-smoke with sea-water saltiness, the liquor of fresh oysters, a citrus sweetness.
Palate: A rich dried-fruit sweetness with clouds of smoke and strong barley-malt flavours, warming and intense. At the back of the mouth is an explosion of pepper.
Finish: Huge, long, warming peppery finish with an appetising sweetness.
Nose: Dark chocolate and glacé cherries, with apple and creamy vanilla-infused crême brûlée.
Palate: Thick and fruit, with cream, stewed apple, candied orange and sweet vanilla.
Finish: Dry, with lingering spice."
Nose: Complex aromas of gristy malt, oaty biscuits and green apples.
Palate: A subtle herbal, leafy note at first, then the rich malt arrives, with some classy oaky notes and a hint of spice. Slightly restrained, but complex stuff.
Finish: Warm, rich and spicy.
Nose: Dark chocolate and white raisins… complex, deep, and wonderful.
Palate: Silky leather, dark chocolate, and perhaps caramelized brûlée and a dash of cinnamon.
Finish: Beautiful, elegant, lingering, with a tad of citrus spice wafting in the air that opens more with a splash.
Nose: Dried fruit notes at the fore, soon joined by rich chocolate and a subtle nuttiness. Hints of struck match, anise, cinnamon and vanilla.
Palate: Dark chocolate, Seville orange, flaky pastry and crunchy fruits fresh from the orchard. Give it a minute and the anise on the NOSEcomes running back too.
Finish: More dark chocolate and drying spice.