Ethereal Scotch Whisky CB (Compass Box)

Ethereal Scotch Whisky CB (Compass Box) is a blended malt Scotch from Compass Box, marrying single malts into a harmonious whole. Compass Box is known for its inventive vattings of Scotch malt whisky. Refill oak holds back its sweetness, letting the distillery's coastal character lead.

A blended malt brings together single malts from more than one distillery, vatted to a house style. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak, the wood adding only a light honeyed sweetness. The malts are married and often given a period of further marrying before bottling. Years in the cask round the spirit, the wax and honey deepening with age. Compass Box marries chosen malts to a house recipe rather than a single distillery. The art of the blended malt lies in the balance struck between its component whiskies. A period of marrying after vatting lets the malts settle into one another. The maker selects casks for the character each lends to the whole.

Undiluted at 49%, it is concentrated. Honey, orchard fruit and a soft spice run through it, with sea salt and a coastal tang. The mouthfeel is oily, the honey carried on a waxy body. The finish is deep, oily and maritime. A characterful blended malt from Compass Box.