APPEARANCE
Lustrous pale straw-gold.
NOSE
Mild, drying, and soon, wonderfully aromatic; clean, fresh, and maritime, with top notes of sea air and Himalayan salt, supported by fragrant smoke-dried Lapsang Souchong tea, mineral salts, and light cleansing salve. Beneath these lie drier notes of cocoa powder and dried seaweed, with a squeeze of lemon zest, this salty sweetness imbued with wood smoke from a distant bonfire on the shore.
PALATE
The texture is smooth and attractively oily; the taste sweet to start then soon growling with intense lemon acidity, with a sprinkling of sea salt and persistent char talking each sip. The overall salty-sweet taste is rounded, softened, and sweetened by a drop of water.
FINISH
Long, with great waves of smoke, and roaring with chili pepper warmth. Even better with a dash of water. Smoke lasts wonderfully in the aftertaste.