Cask No. 5.143 England mysterious dark sugars coagulating in

mysterious dark sugars coagulating in a hot pan

we imagined chopping the firewood for that night's stay in our log cabin

and jam and coconut sponge cake

Peppery pears and praline

The sky opens and down comes an apocalyptic rain of petrol and kippers

Cask No. 5.143 England mysterious dark sugars coagulating inThis opened with a deep bowl of fruits on the nose, where orange embraced honeydew melon, apricot proclaimed its passion for cape gooseberry and mango muddled with pineapple. The palate, deeper still, majored on chocolate fondant with raspberries and cream, mango and lime coulis, and raisins bathing in melted butter with glac cherries. Water gave both the nose and palate bass notes of coconut, sandalwood and plum, with top notes of juicy mango, orange