This new blend from the house of Adelphi packs a lot of promise into its bargain-priced bottle. Not only does the malt content comprise 70% of the whisky but it also comes from top tier distilleries. Peated and unpeated distillate from Adelphi’s Ardnamurchan aged from four to six years makes up the backbone, supplemeted by an eight-year-old Campbeltown whisky that is strongly tipped to be Springbank. Rounding out the blend is a five-year-old Diageo grain. It’s soft and creamy on the nose, with honey and peppery spice in the mouth. That pepper continues into a medium length finish It’s a little thin in the mouth for my liking and not as complex as the core Compass Box blends, but for $35 you could do far worse.