Compass Box Blended Whisky

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  Artist Blend Compass Box Blended Scotch Whisky 43%

  Item no.: 22227865455-996328

  Compass Box has spent years fighting for the right to say what is in their bottles. It sounds like a technicality, but it is the heart of the house: if you believe a blend can be art, you have to be willing to show the recipe.

  The Expert's Description

  Artist Blend is a Blended Scotch Whisky from Compass Box, bottled at 43% and neither chill filtered nor coloured. It embodies the house mission of getting people to rediscover the pleasures of a well proportioned and artful blend.

  Compass Box was founded in 2000 by John Glaser and works from a blending room in Richmond in London. The house owns no distillery but buys whisky from across Scotland and puts it together by flavour rather than by geography. That is a different method from the one the large blending houses use.

  The nose and palate are full, round and generous, with toasted oak, vanilla and spice in both. The whisky is bottled without chill filtration, which is unusual for a blend in this bracket.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Toasted oak and vanilla first, with a round cereal sweetness underneath. There is spice in it, cinnamon and a little nutmeg, and a clear malty weight that is more than you expect from a blend.

  Palate

  Full and generous. Vanilla and toasted oak open, then the spices arrive along with a soft fruit sweetness. At 43% the body is good, and the absence of chill filtration is felt in the mouthfeel.

  Finish

  Pleasantly spiced and tingling, with a fine fading sweetness and a wisp of smoke at the close.

  Specifications

  Name: Artist Blend Compass Box Blended Scotch Whisky 43%
  Bottler: Compass Box
  Region/Country: Scotland
  Type: Blended Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 43%
  Size: 70 CL
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Edition: Artist Blend
  EAN no.: 5060632880505

  Flavour Profile

  Spiced · Vanilla · Oaky · Malty · Soft · Lightly Smoky

  Did You Know?

  Compass Box fell foul of the Scotch whisky authorities in 2015 for stating the age of the individual components in their blends. The rules say that if you mention an age it must be that of the youngest whisky in the bottle, so disclosing the full recipe was technically against them. The house has campaigned for the rules to change ever since.

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  • 1pcs.
    50,75EUR
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  Compass Box The Double Single 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Blended Scotch Whisky 53.3%

  Item no.: 22555771-5563

  A blend normally holds dozens of whiskies. The Double Single holds two. One single malt and one single grain, and after that there is nothing left to hide behind.

  Expert description

  Compass Box The Double Single 10th Anniversary Limited Edition is a Blended Scotch Whisky bottled at 53.3% without chill filtration and without added colouring.

  The original Double Single arrived in 2010 built on exactly two components, which is where the name comes from. This anniversary edition marks ten years on and is bottled at cask strength rather than the usual strength, which makes it fuller and more intense without breaking the idea. The concept is unchanged: as few moving parts as possible, so you can taste precisely what the malt and the grain each contribute.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Golden and layered. The natural sweetness of cereal first, then creamy vanilla, honey and ripe apples, with a light citrus freshness and a suggestion of smoke underneath.

  Palate

  Full and velvety. Honey, vanilla and ripe pear meet citrus and dark caramel, while the malt base gives depth and a touch of spiced smoke. The strength warms without cutting.

  Finish

  Long and warm, with cereal, vanilla, light oak and a dry spiced close.

  Specifications

  Name: Compass Box The Double Single 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Blended Scotch Whisky 53,3%
  Bottler: Compass Box
  Region/Country: Scotland
  Type: Blended Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 53.3%
  Size: 70 CL
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Edition: The Double Single 10th Anniversary Limited Edition

  Flavour profile

  Creamy · Honeyed · Vanilla · Lightly Smoked · Cask Strength

  Investment potential

  High. A limited edition at cask strength, built on a concept the house rarely returns to. Anniversary releases from Compass Box have historically sold out quickly.

  Did you know?

  The word blend has been used as an insult among malt enthusiasts for decades. The Double Single was made as a counter-argument: two components, full transparency about the recipe, and a whisky that shows what grain can actually contribute when it is good enough.

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  • 1pcs.
    335,00EUR
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  Great King St. Compass Box Blended Scotch Whisky 50 cl 43%

  Item no.: 22227865475-1

  Great King Street is the small, innovative whisky bottler and designer Compas Box's mission to make us all (re)discover the joys of a well-proportioned and artfully blended whisky. The aroma and taste are rich, round and generous. Notes of toasted oak, vanilla and spices are present in both the aroma and taste. The finish is delightfully spicy and tingly, with a nice diminishing sweetness and a hint of smoke.
  
  Great King Street is composed from the following whisky types, styles and cask types:
  
  - Lowland Grain Whisky (fruity / perfumed) 51.4% - Northern Highland Single Malt (malty / fruity) 23.2% - Northern Highland Single Malt (vegetal / perfumed) 17.7% - Speyside Single Malt (meaty) 7.7% 1 First Fill American Oak Barrel (vanilla) 62.3% 2 New French Oak Finish (toffee / coffee) 27.7% 3 First Fill Sherry Butt (sweet wine / dried fruit) 10.0% Distillery: Great King Street - Blend of different whiskies Bottler: Compass Box - John Glaser Age: NA Type: Blended Scotch Whisky Alc. strength: 43 % Un-chillfiltered Natural Color 50 cl.
  Other: Great King Street Blended Whisky is neither chill filtered nor caramelized.

  • 1pcs.
    44,00EUR
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  Great King St. Compass Box Blended Scotch Whisky 70 cl 43%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-1972634

  Great King Street is the small, innovative whisky bottler and designer Compas Box's mission to make us all (re)discover the joys of a well-proportioned and artfully blended whisky. The aroma and taste are rich, round and generous. Notes of toasted oak, vanilla and spices are present in both the aroma and taste. The finish is delightfully spicy and tingly, with a nice diminishing sweetness and a hint of smoke.
  
  Great King Street is composed from the following whisky types, styles and cask types:
  
  - Lowland Grain Whisky (fruity / perfumed) 51.4% - Northern Highland Single Malt (malty / fruity) 23.2% - Northern Highland Single Malt (vegetal / perfumed) 17.7% - Speyside Single Malt (meaty) 7.7% 1 First Fill American Oak Barrel (vanilla) 62.3% 2 New French Oak Finish (toffee / coffee) 27.7% 3 First Fill Sherry Butt (sweet wine / dried fruit) 10.0% Distillery: Great King Street - Blend of different whiskies Bottler: Compass Box - John Glaser Age: NA Type: Blended Scotch Whisky Alc. strength: 43 % Un-chillfiltered Natural Color 70 cl.
  Other: Great King Street Blended Whisky is neither chill filtered nor caramelized.

  • 1pcs.
    50,75EUR
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  Hedonism The Muse Compass Box Blended Grain Scotch Whisky 53,3%

  Item no.: 22227865475-8268

  Grain whisky is almost always tucked away inside blends where nobody notices it. Hedonism is the bottle where John Glaser put it up front and asked people to taste it properly.

  Expert description

  Compass Box Hedonism The Muse is a Blended Grain Scotch Whisky bottled at 53.3% without chill filtration and without added colouring.

  Hedonism was the first commercial blended grain whisky when Compass Box launched it in 2000, and The Muse is the house bottling at cask strength. Grain whisky is distilled in a column still rather than a pot still and is usually used as a soft backbone in blends. Given long maturation in good American oak it instead develops a creamy, coconut-like sweetness no malt whisky can produce. At 53.3% it stands far more powerfully than the standard Hedonism.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Vanilla pod, coconut and crème brûlée. Behind them sit sugared popcorn, pale caramel and a trace of wood shavings.

  Palate

  Velvety and sweet. Vanilla, coconut milk, white chocolate and pale syrup, with a warm spiced note that comes from the strength rather than the oak. The texture is thick without turning cloying.

  Finish

  Long and creamy, with vanilla, coconut and a dry oak note slowly drying out the sweetness.

  Specifications

  Name: Compass Box Hedonism The Muse Blended Grain Scotch Whisky 53,3%
  Bottler: Compass Box
  Region/Country: Scotland
  Type: Blended Grain Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 53.3%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: American oak
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Edition: Hedonism The Muse

  Flavour profile

  Creamy · Vanilla · Coconut · Sweet · Cask Strength

  Investment potential

  Medium. The Hedonism range appears in changing editions, and cask strength bottlings are both scarcer and more sought after than the standard version.

  Did you know?

  When Hedonism arrived in 2000, blended grain barely existed as something you sold on its own. Compass Box essentially built the category from scratch, and today several large houses have followed with grain bottlings of their own.

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  • 1pcs.
    361,75EUR