Color: violin brown, rosin Nose: black pepper, dark fruit, mellow figs, yellow to green apple, Opening: quiet reaction on the lips and tongue, red and dark berries, bitterness of cracked black pepper Midpalate: darker fruits, oxidized fruit flavors and the opening of tingling mouthfeel from sherry spice Finish: thick honey sweetness and a lingering sherry spice that sticks with you for minutes to half an hour after the dram. Beautiful pour from the bottle, color, to half an hour after. Not nearly as Full On as the ALLARDICE but a slower ramp and less sugary journey. Even with big sips the dram is tame off the bat but ramps at a medium pace. Opened with water the honeyed facets and a flowery aromas show up but lie behind the sherry presence.