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Michel Couvreur 2015 / 2023 Manzanilla Butt #806 51% cask sample

Nose: Fruit bomb. Ripe cantaloupe melon, tons of honey, green olives stuffed with lemon pulp, fresh cut green wood and alfalfa, a young spirit ethanal note. A quite lovely nose.

Palate: A very dry citrus note, lemon blossom honey in white tea, Astringency is the connecting note, which makes it a hint hard to love, on the finish there is a yeasty note. This definitely benefits from a bigger mouthful.

Rating: 5 (Shane) 4 (Ryan) / 10 – I can’t tell if this is simply young and that is the astringent ethanol note, or if it’s the effect of the manzanilla. Super promising, I love parts of it, Ryan is less impressed.