The midpalate is meek and overly sweet. Finish is caramel-like, medium long, and overly sweet. Matured for three years in three types of wood barrels. The finish is long, thickly candied and oaky sweet. By the fourth and last nosing, the two decades of maturation in small oak barrels appears as roasted nut, dried fruit and rancio aromas.
Palate entry is oaky, resiny and ripe in flavor.
At midpalate, the multilayered flavors turn fuller though never chunky, as rich and powerful tastes of nuts, cheese and oak glide along in perfect harmony. Finishes long, oaky sweet, and a bit caramel-like. A genuine thoroughbred. Best Buy . Aged for 50 years in oak, then bottled at cask strength.