| Rich Howard | starts on dry malt, then to orange citrus, and finally to a full citrus fruit punch, in just seconds, and then just stays there with all that tasty fruit, and after a few minutes just a hint of dessert crust beneath it all, and warming into maybe just a touch of honey. the palate doesn't disappoint, with all those yellow and orange fruits, nicely sweet but also pushing towards the tangy, maybe even the tart on the finish. water creates a wash of tangy orchard fruits on the nose, and the palate is nicely sweet now, a little more diffuse but must of the tartness is gone from the finish. good both ways, i think i like this one with just a drop, but no more than that, as it unravels soon after... [tasted blind for the 2010 Awards] |
