Name: Compass Box – The Story of the Spaniard
Color: Light Brown
Nose: Dry Sherry, dry wood, pepper spice, strong, orange
Taste: Amontillado sherry, orange, pepper
Review:
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Compass Box – The Story of the Spaniard is a blended scotch whisky from the Compass Box Company. If you have seen Compass Box on the shelf but do not know much about it, here is the break down.
Compass Box is a producer and bottler of a bunch of blended scotch whiskies. The company was founded by John Glaser who was a former marketing director of Johnnie Walker.
The Story of the Spaniard has a nice taste of dry Spanish sherry which is very defined with respect to sherry flavors. It is blended whisky, non-age stated, and bottle at 43% abv. Aged in both Spanish sherry and red wine casks and difference percentages. See the chart below for the blend.
Compass Box has a signature range which consists of the following: The Spice Tree, The Peat Monster, The Spaniard, Oak Cross, Asyla, Hedonism. They also have a range blended scotch whiskies called “The Great King Street†which have the following; Artist Blend and Glasgow Blend. They also have Limited Editions which consist of the following: Hedonism, Maximus, Flaming Heart, Optimism, Morpheus, Canto Cask and Orangerie.
Price around $65 and worth for the price if you like value and if you like the specific dry Spanish sherry taste in your whisky.
If you like it, drink it! – Christopher
If you like it, drink it!
