Cask No. 93.197 Young & spritely All washed down with a

All washed down with a slug of seawater

the lady takes the upper hand – so more sweet and less heat

salt baked hake

The nose gave us dried flowers in wicker baskets

First impression was rather shy

Cask No. 93.197 Young & spritely All washed down with aThe nose delivered salted caramel, marmalade on leather, tarry ropes and the surgeons cabin on an old sailing ship. The palate had an innocent side (strawberry jam, vanilla, sugared almonds) and a darker side of ginger snaps, spiced dark rum, salty manzanilla and tar, with a finish of pink peppercorns and red liquorice a pirates tipple perhaps. The reduced nose was as dark and enigmatic as an oil rigs moon pool bramble jam, tobacco tins, a watchmakers