Excerpt: All-in-all this is a wonderful whisky and I’m a bit sad this sample is all I have of it. For an un-peated, un-sherried, un-finished whisky it carries an incredible complexity and that’s not easy to do. Well done Compass Box.
Excerpt: The whisky is so gentle on the whole that it’s hard to be overly effusive about it, but at the same time it is so pure and full of flavor that it’s quite impossible not to love.
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House Review
Intro:
Created from a blend of just one single grain and one single malt, this expression from Compass Box is their next entry in their Limited Edition line of luxury blends.
Nose:
Apples, honey, vanilla, buttercream, not wildly complex and reminds me of a number of products of theirs.
Taste:
Medium mouthfeel, apples, honey, faint pepper and smoke. Vanilla, caramel are big
Finish:
Medium, some heat, very apple forward, paired with apricot, pepper and the faintest smoke whisp
Overall:
Good but not exceptional. Unfortunately, a descriptor I'm using more and more often for CB releases
Score:
6
By t8ke
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