Nose is surprisingly fruity for this expression with strawberry cream, pineapple upside down cake, peanut shell, toffee, vanilla icing, and soft oak. Ethanol is pesky and takes a little off what otherwise might have been near perfect. Palate is nuttier and richer than nose would indicate with caramel, vanilla, hazelnut, fig, date, raisin, toffee, black cherry, chocolate and butterscotch. Complex. Finish is wildly long with a spice bloom of cinnamon, allspice, black pepper, clove, ginger, walnut, and oak. Spicy finish is a nice counterpoint, keeling things from getting too cloyingly sweet. Mouthfeel is vicious, but ends with a bit of dry prickliness. So I’ve seen some claim “best Larceny BP ever!” but not so fast; the profile matches my palate really well and props to Heaven Hill for taking the heat level down a notch but it’s far from perfect; a little boozy on the nose, a little prickly on the palate. So while I can’t in good conscience rank it higher than previous variations of this expression, that said its pretty good. Releases do seem to be getting more consistent and Larceny BP seems to be figuring it out, so I’m here for the ride. At 79.99, its a steal in today’s market.