Nose: Rich dark cocoa Vanilla Browned butter Caramelized salt Palate: Sweet and earthy Baked apple skin Crispy edges of scratch-made brownies Something “grassy” in a pleasant way Finish: Peat smoke Roasted red pepper Deep oak Bittering “Eminently delightful”. Belated kudos to Jason Wu (AKA Dreaming of Islay) for the sample. Dry glass: Walking through a damp and mossy old-growth spruce forest.