Jose-Massu-Espinel
Compass Box No Name No. 3
Blended Malt — Scotland
Reviewed
July 8, 2022 (edited September 12, 2022)
Although this whisky has no name, it will surely be remember as one of Compass Box most exciting peaty releases. The third part of the "No Name" collection, has been bottled at 48.9%abv, and it is a blended malt from Clynelish, Mortlach, Bowmore and mostly Laphroaig.
A lovely looking bottle like most from this "whisky maker", offers a well crafted dram, that you can actually feel every malt that has been used, in separate ways while they are blended together.
Pale straw color.
On the nose, it begins with grass, humid sown land. It smells like a Gym. Gunpowder, a fresh can of tennis balls and acid prunes. Pine tree, floor cleaner. It is too crazy to be true. After some sips, the aroma turned into plastic with condensed milk. It smells like a horse stable and milk formula powder. Super complex.
The palate is a bit of a transition to a wonderful aftertaste. Plastic and gooseberries; salt, toffee and oranges. A second sip gave me condensed milk, vanilla, hay and prunes. After some sips the orange note has overcome everything.
Aftertaste is ashy but very pleasant. An elegant cigarrette; gooseberries, pepper and something that i can describe as a scorching viking war in your throat. Elegant, powerful, peaty, flavorful. Very long finish.
Overall, this is the true proof that blends can be a superb dram; where the individual malts can shine as a whole. So many crazy, interesting notes here have made this dram incredibly tasty and enjoyable. My score for this beauty is 94 over 100.
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