M&H Elements Red Wine Cask

Smokey

Toasty vanilla, burnt caramel

Tastes like a heavy element of sherry cask finish.

A wine cask that reminds me of Malbec albeit the strong apple rind scent. After initial pour, the scent is dry and bitter with a weird nail polish scent. Then the wine kicks in with vanilla, robust plum, black cherry, cranberry. The taste comes with layers. The initial touch of dark fruit, balanced with heated spice yet tolerable. The wine cask levels out giving a medium finish.

Flaviar advent calendar day #10 Nose: jammy and fruity, specifically Berry jam and cranberry. Vanilla. Red wine is coming through. Honeyed grain Palate: youngish malt notes. A hot one on the tongue. Plum, apple, oak tannin, mild cranberry. A little spicy, pepper as it transitions to finish. Finish: thin, back of throat heat, mild grain and oak, slight minerality