I figured a pour from a 7-month open, half-full bottle would be ready to go. I was wrong. At first blush the nose is salt spray, muted peat and rubber. Palate was hot, salty, a little smoky and overwhelmingly bitter. After 20 minutes of me forgetting about it I realized it was still on the table and gave it another sip with far different results. Nose is still much the same, but now there’s a bit of crab apple to sweeten the aroma and it’s more obviously Laphroaig but still also very Ardbegian. Palate is still spicy but no longer hot, with lighter than expected peat smoke, dry hay, burnt apple turnovers, and a faint thread of honey closing with a pleasant tingle on the lips and gums. Lacks the heft and richness of the 10 year, or those wonderful smoked meats of the 10yr CS.