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NOSE: Intense with lots of peat, ashes, smoke and to lesser degree iodine/TCP. Lurking right behind the corner are the fruity notes, saucy smoked meat and some touch of vanilla. Also playing: machines diesel oil, oak wood. With time it’s meatier and fruitier with more honey. With a few drops of water there’s also white pepper and touch of oak
PALATE: Earthy peat, sweet caraway and liquorice, honey, pepper, touch of oak, smoke, sweet peat, salt and brine, rich and full.
FINISH: Long, peat and honey sweetness, smoke, touch of ash, brine, seaweeds and pickled cucumbers in the long tail.