NOSE Fruity sweet, malty sweet, oak, toffee, slight herbal baking spice and sweet tobacco. Aroma is dominated by that malty fruity sweetness, but if you give it a little time and water the supporting notes arrive. PALATE Herbal spice, winey-fruity sweetness, nutty, tannic oak and some touches of wood and Twizzlers. The palate is quite dry and tannic, but I’ve had worse. The notes though are decent. FINISH Medium -> Fruity sweetness, tannic oak and cocoa fade out to herbal spice.