Dark, lean, raw red meat. Caramelized molasses. Pepper. Leather. Walnuts.

Cherry skins and dark grape juice come across slightly tannic.

Dry oak and dark chocolate powder.

Dark molasses, brown sugar and root beer take over. Time for a sip!

The oak almost feels like it's halfway to smelling more like paper (I guess that makes sense)... My last sip is small, but enjoyable - creamy caramel is once again well offset by dark leather and a

6 of the barrel strength releases from Penelope, which sources from MGP Nose: Pepper, malt and some dark

Further sipping shows off rich oak bark, soft black pepper, and a thick mouth coating of sweet grape You make picking barrels so easy when everything you make is so good.

I find it splitting time between a raspberry jam, dark chocolate and a coffee bean aroma as I work through A longer sip and swish with some air introduction really shows off a nice, dark red grape influence that

A bigger sip and swish results in some tart red berries flashing up before a wave of dark, heavy linen

Immediately a rich caramel coats the tongue and then a wave of dark cherries and bitters undulates at I think I'll add a pour next time I make room off the top!

This pour makes my nose twitch around the glass, trying to find the real big tones to this, but everything It's not grainy young per-se, but the oak characteristic on the palate is what makes me believe that. now on a larger chew, a bit of buttery bread, and the main driver of the palate of this pour: more dark

Very molasses and metallic (dark copper) forward on the linger. Slightly chocolatey, but the rich oak & paper make me feel like I'm in a library. Citrusy lemon lingers dark in the corners of my mouth. Dark tea notes on the linger. Swirl makes things kind of muted, with too much light, bright oak taking over.