Pungent and inviting nose of graham cracker, vanilla, baked apple, pear, sherry, oak, and burnt leaves. Surprising lack of ethanol given the proof. Palate opens with honey, hard candy, dried apricot, vanilla, fig, and golden raisin transitioning to butterscotch and smoked almond in the mid-palate. Pleasant grassy note rides in the background the whole way through. Rich and elegant. Pepper, oak, copper, toffee, and custard in the extremely long finish. As good as it sounds. A residual mineral salinity after everything else fades. Mouthfeel is thick, heavy, and oily. I found this to be an absolute knockout. Flavorful but yet subdued, punchy but not overpowering, it’s a little hard to describe. Bottom line: it’s just so damn good. Everything comes together rather perfectly. At $75 that I paid, it’s a rebuy all day every day and will probably occupy a permanent space in my cabinet.