Description
A wonderful nose recalled brown bread spread with treacle, dark chocolate studded with sea salt, cocoa dust and delicate notes of game meats, pickled walnuts and chopped dates. This one had a super classy and classical old-school sherry profile. Reduction brought rich notes of tiramisu, treacle tart, salted almonds, artichoke liqueur and toasted fennel seed. The mouth was initially rich and on the sweeter side, with sticky toffee pudding, cranberry gravy, game salami and dark fruits pickled in aged balsamic vinegar. We also found firmer notes of aniseed and camphor. Water enhanced these gamey and leathery notes, while adding hints of tar, herbal tonic wines, green ginger cordial and walnut liqueur. Some stunning and perfectly bitter marmalade notes were noted in the aftertaste. This was matured in an oloroso-seasoned butt for 12 years before being transferred to a first fill ex-solera oloroso butt.