Compass Box No Name
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Distiller:
Various
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Bottler:
Compass Box
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ABV:
48.9%
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Age:
NAS
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Price:
$$$$$
- Raided Score: 93
- Publication: WhiskyCast
- Excerpt: The taste has great peatiness and smoke balanced well by grilled pineapple, black cherries, soft spices, and a touch of oak. Those same notes last through the long, smoky finish. Excellent!
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- Raided Score: 89
- Publication: Distiller
- Excerpt: There's a slight counterbalance there in the form of dried fruits, citrus zest, spicy oak, and sour cherries, but it's peat all the way, which continues into a lengthy finish. Peat-heads only.
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- Raided Score: 92
- Publication: Whisky Advocate
- Excerpt: The dark fruit, baked lemons, cherry, clove, and cooked plum face entanglement in a labyrinth of shadowy stygian smoke. You could get lost in here for hours.
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- Raided Score: 89
- Publication: The Whiskey Jug
- Excerpt: Basically what I’m getting to is that I want to drink more of this and while it could use a bit more depth, there’s nothing substantial to complain about when it comes to the Compass Box No Name.
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- Raided Score: 90
- Publication: Wine Enthusiast
- Excerpt: A final exhale of smoke and black pepper finishes each sip.
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- Raided Score: 90
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: Really good but not completely mindblowing. Its unique and different but its completely an Ardbeg show. Which isn't a flaw by any stretch.
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Intro:
We came across a parcel of American oak barrels filled with mature, massively peaty single malt whisky - tarry and full of bonfire-like smokiness. To us, this was a whisky crying out to be tamed and shaped into a very special Compass Box limited edition.
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Nose:
Big, wet, slap of peat. Sulfur, burning tires, ash, umami, lemon lime buttercream, honey, melon and faint pepper. The Ardbeg is strong with this one.
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Taste:
Medium mouthfeel, no heat. Ashy - burning tires and lumber. Dry, smoky peat. Caramel, waffles, lots of pepper and dead, dying things.
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Finish:
Long with lots of lime, citrus, butter cream and honey with a long smoldering ashy departure.
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Overall:
Really good but not completely mindblowing. Its unique and different but its completely an Ardbeg show. Which isn't a flaw by any stretch.
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Score:
7
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources