89-92 Allen Meadows - Burghound

A brooding and reticent nose grudgingly offers up a wide array of spice elements that add real breadth to the aromas of plum liqueur, violet, tea and sandalwood. The punchy but still relatively refined middle weight flavors possess good depth though the raspy, indeed even slightly grippy, finish is not especially elegant. We will see how this develops with time but at present it does not appear to be at its usual level.