SMWS Latest Outturn – Cupid Drams!
CASK No. 48.95 – TONGUE TWERKING
 Description: The nose was earthy and sweet, like wrinkled apples lying on autumn leaves – also polished shoe leather, liquorice, melon and marzipan pastries. The palate was strong, lively and effervescent – slightly acidic travel sweets, with pencil shavings and some fiery curry and lime pickle spice that got our tongues twerking behind our teeth. The reduced nose had sugar-dusted lemon Turkish Delight, Battenberg, vanilla and sweetie cigarettes; one panellist imagined ‘leather luggage on a wooden sledge in the snow’. The palate was now juicy (lime fruit pastilles, raspberry Pavlova) and the spice a little tamer and sweeter – cinnamon toast and Liquorice Allsorts. Price: £50.00 |
CASK No. 35.203 – FERIA DE JEREZ
 Description: A deep amber colour built up our expectations and we were certainly not disappointed. A full aroma of roasted sweet potatoes with dried figs and a rum baba with caramelised apples and Chantilly cream awaited us. The taste neat was massive, chewy, and lively; dark chocolate covered figs and Sherry soaked Medjool dates. Price: £95.00 |
CASK No. 112.20 – SWEET, SASSY AND PLAYFUL
 Description: The nose had a kitchen vibe going on – plum jam, jam tarts, Christmas cake, Black Forest gateau, toasted coconut and clover honey. We described the palate as sweet, sassy and playful, with toffee apples, burnt sugar, Garibaldi biscuits, figs, dates and Madeira wine – the finish hinted at sweet tobacco, coffee and Peshwari naan. The reduced nose discovered a succession of dried fruits (raisins, prunes), lovely cereal sweetness (syrupy cornflake cakes, almond slice, Empire biscuits) and finally suggestions of polished leather. The palate became sweet and earthy – raspberry brownie, cinnamon buns, fig rolls and toasted marshmallows – altogether tasty, balanced and very satisfying. Price: £54.00 |
CASK No. 123.21 – PLAYFUL DELIGHT
 Description: On the nose neat an array of aromas surprised the Panel and descriptors ranged from a tangy blood orange sage Martini over a lemon & lime drizzle cake to brandy soaked raisins and figs in rum syrup. The taste revealed a similar diversity from bramble jam, dried oranges, Swedish limpa rye bread with marmalade, molasses and anise to fresh fruit chutney. With water we imagined holding a buttercup flower under our chin before aromas of lemon sherbet jammy dodgers, mixed fruit flavoured Turkish delight appeared. On the palate now coconut-almond sweet rolls and a moist nutty banana bread with rum soaked raisins. Price: £52.00 |
