Tasting Notes
Port Askaig 100° Proof Producer Notes
Nose: Rich, with a meaty smokiness that belies its light colour. Freshly cooked ham and burning logs are joined by a soft coastal character of sea spray and stony rock pools.
Palate: Sharp and stony initially, with an intense minerality that quickly becomes sweet and rich - milky coffee, milk chocolate and spicy cinnamon gobstoppers. The spice grows, adding liquorice and stewed apple with cinnamon, along with heavy charcoal smoke.
Finish: Sweet, spicy and very long. Cinnamon spiced chocolate slowly fades to drying apple skin.
Comment: More powerful than you might expect, with carefully balanced smoke and fruit.
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Nose
Rich, with a meaty smokiness that belies its light colour. Freshly cooked ham and burning logs are joined by a soft coastal character of sea spray and stony rock pools.
Palate
Sharp and stony initially, with an intense minerality that quickly becomes sweet and rich - milky coffee, milk chocolate and spicy cinnamon gobstoppers. The spice grows, adding liquorice and stewed apple with cinnamon, along with heavy charcoal smoke.
Finish
Sweet, spicy and very long. Cinnamon spiced chocolate slowly fades to drying apple skin.