2.5 stars - Nice, but… What. The. Hell. Normally this is a 4 or 5 star whiskey. This has consistently rocked my world. Something was clearly lacking in this bottle; the depth and the richness were missing. I gave this bottle almost 8 months but it never improved. The aroma was still there. In fact when I first poured a glass, my youngest daughter walked into the room…smelled the air, and proclaimed: “Are you having bacon without me???” Still one of my all time favorites. Just will be a little gun shy before dropping $100 next time.