B

Bellair 1951 for Darroze

Nose: maple, oak, tons of licorice, linen, pear and  butter.

Palate:  apple skins, licorice and raspberry jam.

Rating: 4 / 10 – The finish is bitter lemon and juniper. I expected more rancio, but while this didn’t taste young, it had most of the boring components of aging and few of the exciting ones. I didn’t find anything wrong necessarily, but neither does it have much to recommend it.