The opening aroma is grainy and corn-like, with background touches of paraffin and walnut butter; aeration stimulates green peppercorn, cotton candy and dried fruit scents that are a tad flat. Palate entry is crisp, prickly; by midpalate, the flavor highlights the toasty barrel char as tastes of maple, vanilla bean and dark caramel dominate this stage. Ends fiery, grainy, but lean.
The opening aroma is grainy and corn-like, with background touches of paraffin and walnut butter; aeration stimulates green peppercorn, cotton candy and dried fruit scents that are a tad flat. Palate entry is crisp, prickly; by midpalate, the flavor highlights the toasty barrel char as tastes of maple, vanilla bean and dark caramel dominate this stage. Ends fiery, grainy, but lean.
The opening aroma is grainy and corn-like, with background touches of paraffin and walnut butter; aeration stimulates green peppercorn, cotton candy and dried fruit scents that are a tad flat. Palate entry is crisp, prickly; by midpalate, the flavor highlights the toasty barrel char as tastes of maple, vanilla bean and dark caramel dominate this stage. Ends fiery, grainy, but lean.
The opening aroma is grainy and corn-like, with background touches of paraffin and walnut butter; aeration stimulates green peppercorn, cotton candy and dried fruit scents that are a tad flat. Palate entry is crisp, prickly; by midpalate, the flavor highlights the toasty barrel char as tastes of maple, vanilla bean and dark caramel dominate this stage. Ends fiery, grainy, but lean.