Fruits and spices

There is a perfumed side to the nose (hyacinth, scented geraniums, sweet grass, tobacco pouch) and plenty of fruit (dried pineapple, stewed plums, lemon drops, Fruit Mentos, Juicy Fruit chewing gum). The intense palate has apples, pears and plums and a few more astringent fruits like forest berries, rhubarb and lime – hints of chocolate, tree bark and leather round it off. The fruitfulness continues on the reduced nose – Tutti Frutti, Starburst, pear and quince, with paint, vanilla slice, baklava and cigars. The palate, ironically, seems more drying with water – menthol, pepper, aniseed, Black Bun, balsa wood and hot cross buns.