Colour: gold, slightly paler than the 35yo. Nose: no wonder this one is rather close to the 34yo at first nosing, but it gets then rather drier and a bit more candied at the same time. A little more towards the ‘malty/coffeeish’ zone, if you see what I mean. Less youthful in a certain way, with less floral notes but the same slightly camphory and resinous whiffs. A little less great but still high class. Mouth: very, very similar to the 34yo now, even if it’s rather drier again. Same kind of saltiness. Now, it does display a little more oomph and a fuller body after a while, getting even sort of big. Very good ‘resinous’ touches (mastic, mint flavoured chewing tobacco – well, last time I tried that it was 30 years ago). Excellent notes of salted liquorice as well. Finish: longer and fuller than the 34, on mint tea, liquorice and a little gentian. By the way, last week I tried to chew gentian roots (for WF research purpose of course) and believe me, it was… horrible, whilst gentian spirit is usually a thrill. Comments: funny how this one started more shyly and then never stopped getting fuller and fuller.

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