8.7 (7)
Brand
Compass Box
Expression
No Name
Whisky type
Blended Malt / Pure Malt / Vatted Malt
Origin
Scotland
Year launched/bottled
2017
Limited edition
15,000 bottles
ABV.
48.90%
Source
Compass Box Whisky
In collection
28×

Review by Compass Box

Tasting note

A bonfire-like smokiness on the nose with a peatiness that is by turns tarry and medicinal with hints of autumn leaves. A powerful smokiness and peatiness follow, accented by hints of ripe cherries, plums and spice.

Note

For this, our peatiest whisky yet, we have decided on No Name.

We came across a parcel of American oak barrels filled with mature, massively peaty single malt whisky - tarry and full of bonfire-like smokiness. To us, this was a whisky crying out to be tamed and shaped into a very special Compass Box limited edition.

Even peatier than our whisky called ‘The Peat Monster’ - the staple peated Blended Malt Scotch Whisky in the Compass Box range - the resulting blend is massive in terms of the intensity and complexity of flavour; a whisky brimming with complex peatiness, but tempered with hints of fruit character and an underlying sweetness.