Arran Devil's Punch Bowl Chapter II
Nose: Sherry
soaked raisins, currents and sultanas, lime zest, muscavado sugar, sweet musk,
Fry’s Turkish delight, Madagascan vanilla pods, fresh oak, cedar, wood spice, cinnamon
sticks, ground ginger, white pepper, Tiptree blackberry jelly, Daylesford
organic pear juice, candied rose petals, lemon grass infused honey and a bowl
of gulab jamun.
Palate: Sherry,
wood spice, Bassett’s cherry drops, fresh ginger, dry oak, peppery
butterscotch, Stokes seville orange marmalade, vanilla infused honey, Fry’s
Chocolate cream, gooseberry & elderflower fool, summer fruit pudding and punctuating
pinch-ette of peat.
Finish: A
long lingering, feisty frolicking finish!
Summary: Well
it looks like Arran have done it again. Absolutely loved the first edition of
Devil’s Punch Bowl and although this latest offering doesn't quite reach the
heights of the first, it’s still a bountiful, balanced belter!
