Compass Box Rogue's Banquet

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This 20th Anniversary Compass Box Blend is composed of single malt whiskies from Miltonduff, Clynelish and Glen Elgin as well as grain whisky from North British Distillery. 46%, not Chill-Filtered, and 75% Malt... Compass Box continuing to kill it in the Blends department! Limit 2/Customer!

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: silky, creamy, waxy and floral; very decadent with white chocolate, dulce de leche, creme brule and creme caramel; melons, quince paste, apricot jam and cinnamon apple pie; then it turns tropical: peppered mango, grilled pineapple and kiwi.

Palate: thick, creamy, decadent and coating with more waxy-fruity-floral tones; raspberry jam and clotted cream on English scones; creamed honey, Earl Grey creme brule, creme caramel and dulce de leche; honeyed and waxy the tropical fruits were there all along but obscured at first by the lush decadence; more melons, spicy mangoes, grilled pineapple, kiwi, apricot jam and baked cinnamon apple pie.

Finish: long, luxurious and waxy with layer after layer of decadence and fruit; I don't want it to end!

Comment: damn, this is beautiful, elegant and oh so decadent and fruity; I first tasted in London a week after it was bottled, and while there were signs of exotic fruits, they had yet to bloom; flash forward 3 months, the whisky has arrived in Alberta, and the fruits are ripe and layered; a great start to Compass Box's 20th Anniversary, can't wait to see what's next! 

Producer Tasting Note

"Rogues’ Banquet boasts flavours of softened tropical fruits, stem ginger and pastry cream. Fragrant yet full-bodied, it has a long and satisfying finish." 

Producer Description

"When we conceived the idea for Rogues' Banquet last year, we felt that a collection of our favourite Compass Box personalities and an opulent liquid would be the ideal means by which to begin our 20th anniversary celebrations. We could not have known that, by the time our whisky arrived in the parts of the world that had placed orders for it, all get-togethers would have to be put on hold. For a while - we trust not forever. Rogues' Banquet is made for the gourmands and the hedonists who have accompanied us for the last 20 years. The label shows a fantastical depiction of the kind of gatherings we hope to have in the future when we have all overcome these present circumstances."

Composed of:

1. 68.7% 25 Year Miltonduff from Recharred ex-Bourbon Hogsheads
2. 3.5% 25 Year Clynelish from Recharred ex-Bourbon Hogsheads
3. 25.6%  25 Year North British from First Fill ex-Bourbon Barrels
4. 2.2% 19 Year Glen Elgin from a Recharred ex-Bourbon Barrel

700 ml