Color: pale yellow, like chamomile tea. Nose: Really opens up after breathing for a few minutes. Citrus, toffee, rich lemon cream pie, anise, coriander, and sweet, buttery baked goods. Palate: Rich and…

Color: very pale yellow-green, similar to light green tea mixed with water. Nose: heavy and strong, bitter orange and dark chocolate liqueur. Anise, all-spice, clove, and slightly spicy cinnamon. Palate…

Color: Gold, tinge of copper Nose: apple pie, cinnamon, some combination of varnish and paint thinner, vanilla extract, some oak and wood dust.Palate: medium-thick. honey, light caramel, oak. there are…

This was the 1991 bottling.nose: the nose has a rich depth to it, opening with a bouquet of red fruit and berries, turning to a heavily oxidative monster, and finally giving way to a balanced mix of…

Nose: tar, sweet stewed root vegetable, small amount of salty brine, bbq saucePalate: sweet honey, bbq, burnt tar, pepper, lemon. Chilis.Finish: long, with a solid admixture of light pepper, bbq, and…

nose: heavy sherry influence, but not a bomb. There's a slight salty-smokiness (think lapsang souchong). Anise, menthol, dates, diced dried fruit, and soft mint close it out.palate: initially sweet,…

Nose: honey, smoke, brine, spice, acidic orange. A coastal saltiness that reminds me of licking an oyster shell or smooth stone on the shore (who hasn't?)Palate: subtle full fruit and honeysuckle domi…

Terrible puns aside, this is stellar stuff. nose: caramel with light pepper, a more toffee like quality than the honeyed W.L.Weller. Buttered molasses mixed with bitter burnt sugar from a spicy creme…

Nose: grapefruit, lemon grass, fennel/anise like mukhwas, very bright vegetal quality (sweet celery)Palate: Sweet, full, rich, lemon custard, pineapple, a little pepper, stale sweet cereal (dry wood…

Having finally polished off the bottle, I thought that it was time to do proper, full tasting notes for the stuff. Color: Dark, brownish amberNose: Chocolate, maltiness, light espresso, light oak, some…