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Sweet, spiced, but quite gentle and delicate. Opening with a variety of fruits – plums, dark cherries, blackberries and raspberries, this moves quickly into deeper aromas of cinnamon spice.

Cask influence from the ex-bourbon comes through with gentle vanilla and oak and is supported by notes which seem to have derived from the Cabernet – leather, biscuits and a scattering of ground nuts. A few drops of water bring out more complex spicing – cumin and allspice. Whilst not outright ‘winey’ there’s certainly some presence here and the selection of aromas mingle and play together quite nicely.