Rich toffee and salted caramel are layered with wood smoke, sweet cured bacon and peat fires. Roasted apples, icing sugar and honey slowly emerge.
Spicy to start, with a fruit bowl revealed as the spice fades: apples and pears. The spice returns, adding a white pepper prickle to clove and cinnamon heat. Soft peat builds from gentle earthiness to mineral-laden smoke, balanced by sweet butter and honey.
Hints of smoked bacon and coal dust fade to reveal buttered toast with apple jam...... (more)