Compass Box Canto Cask 35

Compass Box The Last Vatted Malt

from a purchased sample Nose: Interesting! A touch smoky and a subtle almost salty coastal quality. There's an underlying sweet malt base. Grassy. If you really work at it, you gt a touch of red fruit (berries); the sherry is extremely subdued. Honey, toffee, crystallized barley. Pretty obviously dominated by the ex-bourbon quality, but more other...

Score 87/100

Compass Box Great King Street New York Blend

Nose: A lot of smoke on the nose with a bit of peat , all this mixed with a lot of sweet malt and sugars. Sherry goodness too and quite a bit of it. Sultanas you say? aye. and hints of ripe orange. Some spice and that’s it. Perfect. Palate : Oily texture with big smoky notes. BBQ sweetness. Malt and cinnamon with some bacon. Finish: sweet and...

Score 87/100

Compass Box The Peat Monster

Compass Box was started in 2000 by ex-Diageo marketing executive John Glaser as a "whiskymaker". Which is an apt descriptor as they are not a distiller - they create blends and vatted malts such as this one, its most popular product. Compass Box whiskies are noted for being experimental, innovative and, given Glaser's background, highly...

Score 85/100

Compass Box Oak Cross

from a purchased sample Nose: Light, crisp, and very malty. Honey opens, but quickly yields to dominant malt and sugar-coated barley. A touch of wax with lemon, and a slightly funky fruit note. Vanilla, cake frosting, and more of those candied notes. Very enjoyable. Does this stand up on the palate at 43%? The nose is no wallflower. Palate: Big on...

Score 80/100