Nose: Cherries coulis, oak spices
Palate: Very oaky, cloves, more cloves not as fruity
Rating: 5 / 10 – nose is really great but palate doesn’t carry through the full bouquet.
Nose: Marzipan, toasted chestnuts, almonds garrapinadas, peanuts
Palate: Incredibly gentle mouthfeel, peanuts, cashews
Rating: 6 / 10 – has an elegance to the palate which is unusual for seilles.
Nose: Cherry pomegranate grenadine.
Palate: big fruit and big oak. Chocolate covered cherries. Tight with the nose.
Rating: 7 / 10 – big yes. This really fits my palate.
Nose: Cut grass, maracuya, smells like the orchard where we cut the sugarcane
Palate: Agricol vibe, deep rich palate, fresh herbal and fruity
Rating: 7 / 10 – complex and good. Love both this and cask 70.
Nose: Candied apple, nutmeg, cedar, smells like fall. Warm indian summers right before the cold snap, pumpkin spice.
Palate: Caramel apple, yams, cinnamint, hint of sourness, yet fundamentally sweet and fruity and oaky.
Rating: 6 / 10 – extremely promising, need to try this again in a couple years.
Nose: Hints of bourbon influence, rose petals, colacao in milk.
Palate: Sweet custard, cardamom, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, and coriander.
Rating: 7 / 10 – has an indian vibe to it, in a nice way
Nose: Dulce de leche, de la rosa mazapan, candy corn. Given those you would think this is crazy sweet, but that isn’t really it. There is a light peanutiness.
Palate: Oh wow that is tasty. And yes peanuts garapiñados. Oh it really does match the nose. Sweet velvety butter cream cupcakes, creme brulee, packing tape, powdered sugar. The finish has a slightly tannic feel to it. Like grape skins and white tea.
Rating: 6 / 10 – this is better than I remember it. It’s just yum. Revisited a month later. I like it a lot but am a touch less wowed today. A good drinker but felt less complex on revisit. Lowered from 7 to 6.
Nose: Prunes, overripe plums, star of anise, cabinet spices, oak, and in the shadows something fresh and floral. jasmine?
Palate: Too tannic, oversteeped black tea, going to pass rather than dissect it. Moving fast tonight.
Rating: 5 / 10 – not my jam. Revisited a few weeks later and stand by my score. Fine but not special.
Nose: Oak notes a la woodshop, milkweed, tall grass, homemade salted caramel.
Palate: Salted caramel cupcake, pan fond, Chinese stick tea, rooibos, Ceylon cinnamon
Rating: 7 / 10 – a fun pour.
Nose: Butterscotch, sea salt, the salty fond at the bottom of a pan after making an epic steak. Orange blossom water. Flash fried pimientos de padrón. A floral note I can’t pin, not as deep as lavender, nor as intense as lilly. Despite these amazing notes, it still smells young…
Palate: From the nose to the palate is a shocking level of alignment. And it’s freaking tasty. Char grilled fruity notes. Blackberry. Pot de creme. Salty. Umami. Light splash of vinegar.
Rating: 7 / 10 – It is sooo young and yet it is not that hot. It’s delicious and it’s a surprise. She is a wee beasty.
Nose: Maple syrup, apple gummy rings, something umami, roasted yellow bell pepper
Palate: Light apple vinegar, brown sugar, cinnamint
Rating: 7 / 10 – great with a big sip
Nose: Molasses, fig vinegar, something you should drizzle as a glaze on meat.
Palate: Fennel, cedar, quite methylated / herbal.
Rating: 4 (Shane) 6 (Ryan) / 10 – I see why Ryan likes this. It’s elegant, nuanced. It was just a bit too ricola for me.
Nose: Juniper, elderflower soda, slightly floral with rose hips, sugar cookies.
Palate: Basil and tomato, reminds me of a quince eau de vie.
Rating: 7 / 10 – One of the most elegant blanche I’ve ever had.
Nose: Prunes, cloves and cinnamon, lovely wood backbone integration, mole tamale, ginger, touches of umami, star gazer lilly, almond croissants, muscovado sugar, black walnut bitters, peach black tea, anise seeds.
Palate: Green olive tapenade, cherry cordial, kookaburra black licorice, finish ends in a heavy woodiness and pretty herbal place
Rating: 6 / 10 – the nose is truly spectacular. The palate has been hit by the tannin sticks and doesn’t bring through all the fruits promised by the nose.
Nose: Cedar, cherries, canned fruit cocktail syrup, brown sugar, cheese danish, cough syrup.
Palate: Super duper dry ricola herbal and goes bitter and woody. This is for you fernet fans but I’ve got to tap out.
Rating: 4 (Ryan) 3 (Shane) / 10 – nose is great but on the palate, I can’t hang.
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