Colour: dark gold. Nose: very heavy coffee and rubber/sulphur here, and then whiffs of fresh mint and eucalyptus plus quite some milk chocolate. Other than that it’s a tad indefinite, lacking freshness. With water: more whiffs of sulphur, old books and asparagus cooking water. Saved by rather pleasant notes of orange marmalade and then a nice evolution towards soot and saltpetre. Mouth (neat): coffee-schnapps with an added layer of cinnamon and nutmeg. The whole is quite dusty and cardboardy, and not to our liking. With water: once again, it improved a bit, with a little salt and notes of oysters. Finish: rather long, leathery, nuttier
