Ok so here’s the issue. Let’s say you have an amazing house. It’s a beautiful modern style , on a cliff overlooking the Pacific blue waters. Now you decide to paint it from its current Greek style whitewash to something different, like sky blue. It’s still a gorgeous house. The paint didnt add to it or take away from it. It may be different , and some folks might say “cant beleive you painted it blue”. Others might say “it goes amazing with the background “. Either way, it’s still an amazing house , with a multi-million dollar location. That’s what this pour is like. I had a small 3cl pour that I bought, more so out of curiosity. It’s a 14yr old, approximately £250 for a full bottle ($300 USD or so), matured in Amercian and European oak, followed by a finshing in Armagnac. A first for Lag. Really full body. Aromas of smoked ham, a bit of grape skins. Taste is savory, salty, sweetness like grapes, and there’s the smoke…warming and smoky with a earthy sweetness. It’s really good. It’s in fact damn good. But it’s just a notch over any of their other Feis Ile or Jazz, or any Lag…a Lag is a Lag, and if you’re a fan, it’s either “really good” to “wow”. Does the Armagnac paint color change make a substantial difference? No. You already have a really good distillate, that you just changed the look and feel. Is it worth $300? To me…no. If $ is measured in terms of happiness output, I’d be just as happy with the Offerman edition at $90. A Lag is a Lag. Just becuse I painted the Pacific cliff house blue instead of white doesn’t take away or add that it’s still a anazing Pacific cliff house.