cookie dough and dried exotic fruits
90 Dreaming of a better place gets us started with a balanced expression that delivers distillate character and modest oak influence in equal measure
5%Region: Wales700mL bottle format
The neat palate had breath-taking chilli heat
delivering soda bread
Cask No. 19.98 11 – 15 years cookie dough and dried exoticTart and sweet, the nose gave us toffee popcorn, apricot flan and tinned mandarins with custard, golden grapes shrivelling on the vine and cranachan components (raspberries, honey, toasted oats). In the main, the neat palate was fruity brambles, yellow plums, golden sultanas, rum and raisin ice cream but the finish was complex and enigmatic, with suggestions of forest floor, spearmint and chilli rice crackers. That enigma continued on the reduced nose