A nice and quiet evening. The wife enjoying her Reisling, sitting next to me. The sun is down, Dierks Bentley and then The Eagles playing gently in the background as I sample while on my deck. These are the moments I love and wish I could have more. This particular bottle was distilled on November 2005 and bottled on July 2017. No artificial color and is non-chilled filtered. It’s one of 638 bottles produced finished in sherry butts. Ref number: DL11952. This nose starts with a graininess and a metallic, mineral note similar to Teeling Single. Apple Crumb Pie with confectionery sugar, vanilla, hay. With time, hints of sherry come through. The nose sweetens immensely with time exposing butterscotch and honey, glazed pecans and cola with a dash of nutmeg. The body is rich, thick and sticky sweet. Brown sugar, vanilla, maple syrup. A buttercream sweetness in the mid palate that seems to hover for a moment and fades out. An edgy spiciness of ground cinnamon, nutmeg towards the backend as it delivers to a finish. The finish is cinnamon and vanilla that extends and hangs indefinitely. A hint of oak and pecan are the dying last notes. For an 11 year, it is quite busy. Wonderfully sweet, but not overly so but more than enough to satisfy the sweet tooth moments. The spice keeps a nice wild spirit the keeps the whisky and palate alive. As with most, patience is well rewarded. Pleasantly surprised. [$81][87/100][Tasted: 6/16/18]