N: peaches, plums, baking spice. P: canned fruit in syrup, wood spice, mild lactic funk (which I love) Finish: medium length, sweetness gives way to a pleasant warming wood spice and candied mustiness I associate with old whisky that’s been aged in sherry. The expectations were high for this one. Maybe unrealistically so. I’d been on a hunt for a black art since trying the 5.1 a few years back and being blown away by it - that’s a top 5 whisky for me. I acquired this bottle of 6.1 at the distillery while on a scotch pilgrimage with good friends, which further adds to the pressure to live up to the hype. It was just under $400 which isn’t too bad compared to what one would have to pay to buy it in the wild near me. I think the 6.1 falls just short of those lofty expectations. I’ve just opened it so I’ll wait to see what happens and revisit after we get closer to the halfway mark (although that’s hard to tell with the black bottle!). I’m thoroughly enjoying this - I’m just not sure it warrants the $700-1000 I see this selling for if you can even find it. Update: it’s been 6mos and i’m halfway through (shared a fair bit) and im bumping this up a notch. Its excellemt. The finish is long and complex which makes up for the relatively thin mouthfeel. Every time i taste it theres something new and different. That alone puts it in 90 territory.