Oak Cross The Signature Range CB Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (Compass Box)

Oak Cross The Signature Range CB Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (Compass Box) is a blended malt Scotch from Compass Box, a vatting of single malts. Blenders such as this use Teaninich for the structure and freshness it brings. Speyside and Highland malts give the vatting its body.

A blended malt marries single malts from more than one distillery to a house style. A wine cask shaped it, the fruit meeting the green, oily spirit. The malts are vatted and married to a balanced whole, then bottled. A green, oily profile runs through the whole. Blenders use Teaninich for the freshness and structure it brings. A blended malt marries single malts from more than one distillery. Highland malts lend a clean, grassy thread to the vatting. The maker selects malts for the balance each brings. A period of marrying lets the whiskies settle together. The result is a fresh, characterful Scotch. Compass Box often reaches for Teaninich to give its blends structure.

Reduced to 43%, it is mellow. Green fruit, honey and a soft spice run through it, with a clean, oily depth. It is fresh and oily, the fruit and oak well matched. A clean, gently waxy finish lingers. A characterful blended malt Scotch.