I've tried three different times now to write my own notes on this bottle, but I've finally given up. Everything I write is essentially the same exact thing Stephanie wrote in her review. The only note I'll add is that it doesn't do very well in a half-empty bottle; the nose becomes very one-note (smoke), and the palate thins just a bit, losing most of the lemon. On first opening though, Stephanie nailed it. At $50-ish a bottle, this is one that will continue to be on my whisky shelf.