J. Henry Patton Road Reserve 5 year old Straight (Batch 149)

A fruit-driven nose offers scents of apple bananas coconut and poached pears in addition to sweeter notes of red licorice almond sweet iced tea and clove. The palate is quite different—hot and spicy—accompanied by notes of dark chocolate espresso and oak tannin. The finish turns rich and chocolaty with honey cherry watermelon jelly fruit slices cigar box coconut peach cherry and aromatic oak. Much on offer here though it needs proofing down.