Tastes

Nose: Superb red apple, vanilla, berry fruit, subtle oak. Palate: Creamy, cherry, pear, ginger. Caramel on a revist. Finish: Grapes, oak, red apple. A slight dryness.

Nose: Floral and grainy with a delicate smoke. Palate: Spicy, with ginger especially. Green orchard fruits. Finish: Loads of tobacco and sweet smoke. The ginger heat lingers.

Nose: Briny, dark chocolate, traces of meaty smoke. Palate: Oily mouthfeel. Sweet honey roasted nuts, some dried citrus fruits. A gentle smoke but it's not the main attraction. Finish: Salty sea air, honey cured ham.

Nose: Sweet juicy red fruit and a touch of crisp apple. Vanilla leaps out on the retro nasal. It's worth a repeat nosing. Palate: Soft body with a nice almost creamy mouthfeel. Flavours of sweet malt, red berry fruits, raisins maybe.. vanilla and a floral note. Finish: Very easy finish, no burn or harsh notes. I'm left with the sensation of having just eaten a handful of raisins. This drinks like a 40% it's very approachable and doesn't leave anything unpleasant. Some will say that means it lack character but each to their own. I like it.

Nose: Dark honey and roasted pineapple notes. Dried fruit. Wafts of light ashy smoke. Palate: Creamy mouthfeel. Malt and dark chocolate with plenty of oak barrel spices. Finish: The spices intensify with a sweet papery dried fruit - like the skin of a date - with some gentle smoke right at the end.

Nose: Rich and nutty with citrusy orange peel. Palate: Nice and slighty oily. Caramelly with dark fruits. Finish: Spicy with dried red fruits. Some salty butter on toast.

Nose: Very oaky, wood varnish, a touch of fresh pineapple. Palate: Soft body and slightly syrupy mouthfeel. Loads of sweet yellow tropical fruit like mango and pineapple, and golden raisins. Finish: Turns woody with gentle baking spices developing, but then trails off and ends up dry with cinnamon being the final flavour.

Nose: Sweet vanilla, danish pastry. Very subtle peat smoke. Palate: Nice mouthfeel. Instant hit of mango and peppery spice. The peat opens up a touch. Floral notes. Finish: Meaty, honey, light smoke from a distant fire.

Nose: Caramel, tropical fruit, light brown sugar. Palate: Sweet pineapple, vanilla, golden rum. Finish: Pineapple leads out.

Nose: Honeyed malt, dried red fruit, dates, fig jam. Palate: Lovely mouthfeel. Raisins, tobacco, woody spice. Finish: Dry tannic finish, subtle peppery spice.