Tasting Notes
This spent nine years in ex-bourbon wood before encountering this first fill muscat de rivesaltes barrique. The nose was curious but fun – coconut wafers, candied nuts, salted caramel fudge and an entire universe of syrupy fruits (pineapple, pomegranate, rhubarb and ginger jam). The palate, notwithstanding a lick of ginger and coffee, was fundamentally sweet, sweet, sweet, conjuring candyfloss, dates, boozy cherries and Lithuanian candy mushrooms (grybai). With water the nose got "curiouser and curiouser" – sherry trifle, candied orange peel, amaretto, lanolin, eucalyptus and singed wood. The palate, almost liqueur-like in its sweet core, had maple syrup, Turkish delight, ice cream, juicy peach, and chocolate and walnut cake.