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$94.99
This whisky was featured on Day 12 of our 2025 KWM Still Not An Advent Calendar Tasting Series! You can read more about the whisky here.
With a listed vintage of 2007, this 17 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky is composed of 32% malt and 68% grain whisky. The malt component is thought to be ex-Edrington stock (ie: might contain some Macallan, Highland Park, Glenrothes, etc. Perhaps the grain component originated at the part Edrington owned North British Distillery as well... This limited edition tarot card inspired blend is from one single refill sherry butt which resulted in a small run of 600 bottles. 43.5% ABV.
700 mlEvan’s Tasting Note
Nose: A big hit of older, character-driven whisky up front. Varnished wood furniture, polished leather shoes, heather, dates, chocolate fudge, burnt brown sugar, apple peel, and hints of ancient Armagnac.
Palate: Plenty more leather, polish, and wood spice up front, then a light bit of peat settles in along with touches of cooling menthol and mint, amaro, orange rind, over-steeped Earl Grey Tea, and bitter dark chocolate.
Finish: A spicy, sweet, and lightly peat-driven fade with a tangy bitterness that you will either absolutely love or hate.
Comment: I absolutely love it. This is not what I was expecting at all, in a wonderful way. There are plenty of notes on here that make me think of whisky much older than 17 years – especially the grain component. Could I be wrong? Probably, but this is a wonderfully mature teenage whisky then, and a tremendous value.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Honey covered hazelnuts baked with sea salt
Palate: Buttery biscuit base
Finish: Edrington malts and old grain come to life for your pleasure
$94.99
Our 7th KWM exclusive Compass Box, and 5th "Marrying Cask," is a bottling of the Glasgow Blend, finished in an ex-Clynelish, ex-Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cask for roughly 1 year, bottled at 49%. Married: June 16, 2022, bottled: July 2023.
The Compass Box Glasgow Blend, is the firm sherried and peated blend, inspired by the type of whiskies Glaswegians' used to prefer 100 years ago. This batch of this malt-heavy Glasgow Blend (before marrying) was 35.2% 10 year old Cameronbridge from First Fill ex-Bourbon, 34.1% 10 year old Craigellachie from sherry casks, 18.2% 8 year old Laphroaig from Refill Bourbon, 9.9% 9 year old Clynelish from First Fill ex-Bourbon, and 2.6% Highland Blended Malt from French oak.
$89.99
This 15 year old Blended Scotch Whisky is produced in a solera system, bottled at 46%.
Producer Description
"This release is batch #2 of our lively 15yo blend drawn from our solera system where we continually add exciting new whiskies. Take a sip, and you’ll find yourself at a leisurely afternoon lunch in coastal Spain, the sun casting golden hues over the table. A bottle of sherry gleams alongside bowls of ripe red grapes, juicy cherries, and a hint of warming spice, all capturing the relaxed opulence of a sunlit meal where every taste lingers, every moment hums with the sea’s gentle rhythm."
$82.99
Bottled at 46% this small batch Blended Scotch Whisky is from the chaps at Turntable spirits.
Producer Tasting Note
$90.99
The original version of this whisky was so clever and innovative that the SWA (Read: Scotch Whisky Association [Read: Lords of Mediocrity]) banned it. So John Glaser of Compass Box came back to the table with a whisky that seems to dance through the hoops the SWA has placed before him. Whisky from 1st and 2nd fill bourbon casks have a secondary maturation in custom casks with heavily toasted new French oak heads. 46% NCF.
From the Producer
"A long time ago, we created a rich, bold Scotch whisky called The Spice Tree. Unfortunately, due to its avant garde method of oak-aging, we were compelled by the powers that be to discontinue production. Undeterred, we worked with our cooper friends in both France and Scotland to develop a new, hybrid oak cask that would allow us to achieve similar results, but in a way that would be acceptable to even the most conservative of observers. Et voila, THE SPICE TREE was resurrected – matured using a custom-made cask with French oak for the heads and American oak for the bodies. THE SPICE TREE is a rich, intense malt whisky redolent of baking spices and layered with toasty oak accents that complement the underlying distillery character."
