The initial nose popped and fizzed with coconut shavings, green under ripe melon, crme Catalan, rum and raisin fudge and a wee hint of buttery shortbread. Water evolved it towards dusty hay lofts, sultanas, honeysuckle and snapped green twigs. We also noted white pepper, pine cones and vanilla foam with a hint of crme caramel. When neat the palate was punchy and peppery with elderflower, nettle tea, brown sugar and lime juice. Some impressions of fruit salad gunk, fermenting banana and lanolin too. With water it was still pretty lively and displayed flavours of banana chips, yellow plum, biscotti, hessian and dried herbs.

USA allocation: 72 bottles