Big-hearted scents of old oak, vanilla extract and tobacco ash; further time in the glass unleashes butterscotch, light caramel and lanolin. Palate entry is maple-like and bittersweet; the midpalate displays touches of honey, mead and cocoa. Finish is long, off-dry to semisweet and caramel-like.
— P.P.
(7/1/2003)