I don't know which batch the sample was from, but it seems to have been one of the newer, weaker ones. Age is not everything.
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fruity sherry with prunes and raisins, some dark caramel and malty dark chocolate, thick vanilla with hints of butterscotch, cinnamon and plum sauce, clove, dry oak, oily balsamic vinegar and leather, slightly salted almonds, some beech wood, apple and pear, hints of honey , tart orange and apricot, chicory and a little mint, strawberries, yeast dough, dried fig, nuances of tobacco
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Caramel and barley malt, spicy oak with clove and cinnamon, a little fruity sherry with plum jam, whale and hazelnuts, lots of dark chocolate, tart orange, vanilla, liquid honey, metallic and mineral with cardamom, apple, a bit thin in places
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warming spices and cooling metal, dry oak with tart notes, dark chocolate and caramel, vanilla, sherry, apple and pear, ground cloves, liquid honey and nuts, tobacco and leather aromas, menthol and strawberry, fades too quickly