SMWS 84.35 The panel's pun polestar

Please limit one (1) bottle per member The nose wafted elusive scents of blackcurrant flowers, tinned lychees and cigarette packets – but mainly it offered sultanas, dates and figs, custard tarts, maple syrup and orange boxes. Orange notes dominated the palate – Grand Marnier and clove-studded orange in mulled wine – plus barley sugars and cinnamon balls, with toasted oak, liquorice and tobacco on the finish.