Tastes

Nose: Sweet conference pear, green and red apple, vanilla, but inhale too hard and it turns into acetone. Palate: Light, tangy sweet cider apple, delicate floral notes like jasmine. Finish: Very subtle peat comes and goes with a lasting flavour of pear.

Nose: Beautiful aroma of corn, cooked stone fruits, wood chips, spiced orange. Palate: Creamy texture. Walnut, vanilla, cocoa, caramel, black pepper, sweetcorn. Finish: The pepper intensifies and then allows the oak to develop. The earthy elements of the corn reappear as an aftertaste. Notes: Barrel 06. 61.6% ABV.

Nose: Buttery soughdough toast, toffee, dried mango. Palate: Caramelised banana bread, light honey. Finish: Fresh pineapple, some baking spice and a touch of oak.

Nose: Unsurprisingly the sherry casks leave a heavy influence on the nose. Stewed fruit, lemon zest, malt squares cereal. Faint whiff of salty sea air. Palate: Initial hit of brine. Milk chocolate, dried sweet sultanas, a hint of dark fruit like prunes. Finish: The chocolate lingers for me, with barrel spice rising and falling. Leaves red apple as an aftertaste.

Nose: Red apple, dried dark fruit, unsalted peanut, crystallised ginger spice. Palate: Quite light in body but with a creamy texture. Honeydew melon, light milk chocolate notes. Finish: Short. Sultanas, melon, a hint of cinnamon.

Nose: Citrus peel, dried grass, some sweet green fruit like white grapes. Palate: Light honey, subtly salted caramel. Some real peppery spice to this I didn't expect from the aroma. Finish: Lingering honey finish, the pepper dissipates quite quickly.

Nose: Floral, pears, light honey, caramelised pineapple. It's light but inviting. Palate: Delicate, dried stone fruit like apricot or perhaps mango, milk chocolate creeps in, some oak towards the back. Finish: Short but quite dry, stewed apples prominent. Notes: It's very light and approachable. Perhaps a nice entry into the style.

Nose: Dark honey, molasses, malt, vanilla pod, chocolate. Palate: A touch thin. Vanilla, dark fruits, cinnamon spice. Sherry influences quite prominent. Finish: Medium length. Dark chocolate, oak.

Nose: Super light peat, honey, sweet vanilla. Palate: Delicate honey and oaky barrel spice, vanilla more prominent. Finish: More honey on the finish with a faint peat smoke.