Deep copper color. The nose has an array of tropical fruits with mango, papaya, pineapple, roasted plantains, along with banana taffy, pine needles, vanilla bean and salted caramel. The mouthfeel is heavy and hot. The palate is a continuation of the tropical fruit on the nose, along with a significant amount of toasted oak, cinnamon, nutmeg, toffee, cocoa powder, white pepper and sea salt, with faint notes of charcoal, turpentine and gasoline. The finish is long and hot, more tropical fruits and baking spices, promenant lingering notes of over-ripe bananas, cinnamon, vanilla bean, toasted oak, with notes of sea salt and gasoline that rise to the forefront as the other notes fade. Compared to the 8yr overproof, the proof is lower but this feels hotter. The tasting notes are similar, but this excites the palate a bit more. I'm getting somehow even more depth and complexity on this than the 8yr overproof or the Habitation Velier 10yr. I would definitely choose this Great House over the more expensive HV pick. Is it worth roughly 30% more $ than the standard 8yr overproof? Well, I know where I can get one more bottle of this, and I'm trying to come up with an excuse to tell my wife for making the trip.