Compass Box Spice Tree

Fruity

Baking spices

Christmas time in a bottle! Delicious!

N: Very fruity with lots of fresh, juicy pear right away. Dried red fruit, red wine, vanilla, caramel, Suggestions of cinnamon and baking spice whisper some influence on the nose. P: Sweet and fruity first, then caramel and vanilla bring a roundness and warmth to it. Dried red fruit, toffee, chocolate, and a little light roast coffee (and bitterness) settle on the middle of tongue. The finish brings the heat, but it starts by picking up the coffee bitterness and shifting it to a woody oak bitterness. Cinnamon follows, but this is no cinnamon bomb. There's subtlety to it with more baking spice: dash of cayenne. some kind of nut extract, nutmeg, coriander, and mint. It's a fine, but fairly simple nose. Serviceable, but forgettable. The palate is similar: there's nothing wrong with it, but I just don't find it terribly memorable. So, unsurprisingly, I generally feel the same about the whisky. I don't regret it, but I also wouldn't do it again.