NOSE Sherry, copper, strawberry shortcake, vanilla, roasted nuts, bits of oak and baking spice, dried cherries and brown sugar. The sherry leaps out of the glass on this one, it’s a huge hit followed by an undertow of everything else. PALATE Dried dark fruit, oak, baking spice, nuts citrus peels, copper, freeze dried blueberries, hazelnuts and leather baking spice. fruit syrup Sweet and spiced with a huge layer of oak and more earthy notes. It hits an odd couple balance. FINISH Long -> Sherry, oak, baking spice and nuts fade out to an oaky spice.