This is the second batch for this old Toucan from Guyana.
Nico's tasting notes
The nose opens with round, delicate woody notes of vanilla and light tobacco. The ripe cane is well candied, very tender and caressed by sweet spices. Fruity notes of candied citrus and ripe mirabelle plum.
Aeration gives the fruit basket a more candied air, and even advances the time, until we find dried fruits (apricot, mango...) barded with fine, delicate spices. The latter mark the return of our lovely woodiness.
The palate is soft and silky, and the ripe fruit glides like syrup over the taste buds. The wood adds extra mellowness, along with sweet, gourmet spices. The cane comes in at midpalate, escorted by a little pepper that adds just the right amount of warmth.
The finish is gourmand, vanilla, gently spicy and tenderly woody.
"A little sweetness that drinks dangerously well..."
In comparison, the Toucan Vieux Millésime 2015 Batch 1 was very similar, with its characteristic delicacy and ripe, weathered sugarcane adorned with ripe fruit.
