Willett, we meet again. This bottle is a friends prized possession, now half empty and probably open 6 or more years if I was to guess. Unlike the 12 year I’d previously tied this one cam with the following specs: Barrel 779 Proof 120.6 Bottle 57/96 (ie. <75% the residual volume of most barrels that yield 120+ bottles) The color on this was a fantastic dirty penny. The nose was richly sweet with bits of cola, vanilla, honeysuckle, pepper and oak. The palate lands hot with a burst of mild cola and pepper and then subsides into a gobstopper of a ride with classic vanilla and oak, then cherry cola and clove and then - no surprise - as all else fades away the trademark black or Earl Grey tea note. Was it delicious? Very, yes. Would I blindly pay more than $80 a bottle for this? With some convincing, yes. Will I speculate further given my bitterness toward Willet for ending the sale of these in their gift shop - no. I’ll just enjoy it at this point and move on.