Compass Box Spice Tree – 70cl
Compass Box was founded in 2000 by John Glaser in London — bringing a wine-world approach to Scotch whisky: radical transparency about ingredients, non-chill filtration, natural colour, and a willingness to blend grain and malt in new ways. Now one of the most respected blending houses in the world. Compass Box's Spice Tree is built around extra spice — using French oak staves inside traditional barrels (a technique Compass Box pioneered) to maximise the contribution of toasted French oak, producing a whisky of unusual warmth, richness, and vanilla spice. Non-chill filtered, natural colour. Available to buy online in Singapore from The Liquid Collection.
TASTING NOTES
COLOUR
Old gold.
NOSE
Rich and deep. Notes of cereal and ripe fruit (apple, pear). A succession of spice (cinnamon, nutmeg), dried fruit (almond, apricot) and candied citrus fruit (grapefruit, lemon) enveloped in noble wood and beeswax.
PALATE
Balanced, enveloping. Its fruity (mirabelle plum, plum) sweetness is tangible. Forgotten, the relative dryness of the nose, the bitterness of the malted barley, reappears. But, apart from bringing a touch of green, it has almost no real influence. Vanilla
ABV: 46% ABV