Nose: Quince cheese, black fruit and dark caramel combine initially. Jamaican ginger cake, antique leather and sweet leaf mulch rise underneath with brown sugar and Earl Grey.
Palate: Spiced oak, tobacco leaf and more dusty leather combine with black treacle, bramley apple and dried fruit. Bitter smoke wafts through the mid-palate.
Finish: Long, resinous and slightly salty.
Overall: I’m not saying this comes highly recommended, but I wish I had all the bottles from this cask to myself.