Cask: First-fill Moscatel hogshead
still dark and sticky but now more like a prune and date cake or spicy oven-roasted plums seasoned with cloves and allspice and toasted almonds sprinkled on top
There was immediately a lovely smoky sweetness
we also got hints of pepper
Cask No. G6.3 Juicy oak & vanilla Cask: First-fill Moscatel hogsheadCask No. G6. 3 All sweetness and sunshine Grain The nose hinted at polished wood, paint and glue but was definitely dominated by expansive sweetness spun sugar, donuts, honeycomb, crme brle, salted caramel, lychee syrup and millionaires shortbread. The palate similarly juxtaposed varnished wood, Riesling, wood spice and bitter leaf against banana fritters in syrup, toffee, caramel and puff candy. The reduced nose seemed sunny and yellow, with