Nose: Oily brine and sugar-dusted pear drops, green apple, creamy grist, and a touch of sawdust, followed by hints of prune and honeyed fig.
Palate: Candied apple, dried, salted mango, leathery oak. Nutty notes of maple syrup lead to robust woody spice with hints of blueberry and roasted coffee beans. Custard cream biscuits and hazelnut cream linger beneath.
Finish: Crackles of pepper and a smidge of root ginger are kept at bay by drizzles of icing sugar, butter biscuits, and sweet, herbaceous, red fruit notes of rooibos tea and dark chocolate Malteasers.