Compass Box Spice Tree

This was the only core expression from Compass Box that i haven't had before, and once again, Compass box dissapoints me a little. CBW is known for been "the best blenders" and the artist of blending, and even been "the ones who make a better whisky by blending them", but to this date, with the exception of peat monster and maybe one other expression i can't seem to remember now (and that says a lot about it), i really haven't had a spectacular compass box whisky. Don't get me wrong, they are fine, better than most blends, but they sure are not as wonderful as their fame says. This one, was bottled at 46%abv. On the nose, fresh field notes, grapes, lemon and acetone. On the palate, prunes, ashes, lemon, citric, and some peat. Not spicy, but ashy, which can be consider as a spice... at least for my palate it is. Finish is very short, lots of points were deducted there. Overall i give this dram a 74/100 and i don't think it is bad, but it is nothing to die for.

Nose and taste remind me a lot of a good rye. More so than any other scotch I’ve had. Nose is vanilla, cinnamon, baked apples, raisins and a hint of citrus. Medium body with notes of rye spice, apple cider doughnuts, oak, fruits and a bit of vanilla and caramel. Nice spicy lingering finish. Excellent blended malt and looking forward to trying more from compass box

A spice bomb with some pleasant sweetness in the background. Really good stuff! Nose - primarily lemon peel and vanilla, with some subtle spice Taste - the barre spice and black pepper comes through here, even some cayenne pepper, then honey, with vanilla and apple notes following along behind Finish - the spice lingers at the back of your throat, again it reminds me of honey spiced with cayenne pepper