Blended Malt Flaming Heart 6th Edition
⏳ Drinking Window
Ready to enjoy upon release; does not mature further in the bottle but will maintain its exceptional character for decades if stored properly.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Smoked beef brisket, dark chocolate truffles, mature blue cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
First released in 2006, Flaming Heart was a groundbreaking expression from Compass Box that pioneered the combination of bold, maritime Islay peat smoke with the rich, sweet, and spicy character of heavy-toasted French oak casks. The 6th Edition, released in 2018, continues this rock-and-roll-inspired legacy. It masterfully weaves together heavily peated single malt from the Caol Ila distillery with elegant, fruit-forward Highland malts from Clynelish and Deanston, alongside Compass Box's signature Highland malt blend finished in custom-toasted French oak casks. The result is a dramatic, multi-layered Scotch whisky where sweet baking spices, rich vanilla, and smoldering peat fire perform in perfect, harmonious tension.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 2000 by visionary blender John Glaser, Compass Box is an independent boutique Scotch whiskymaking house dedicated to reimagining the traditions of blending. Operating out of its blending studio in Richmond, London, with warehouse maturation bases in Scotland, the firm approaches Scotch with the exacting philosophy of an artisan winemaker. Rather than relying on standard industrial recipes, Compass Box sources premier malt and grain distillates across Scotland, aging them in bespoke cooperage using toasted virgin French and American oak to highlight distinct structural and aromatic elements. Known for its staunch campaign for radical transparency, Compass Box crafts expressive, non-chill-filtered bottlings free of artificial coloring. Celebrated benchmark releases include the orchard-fruit-forward Orchard House, the heavily peated Blended Malt The Peat Monster, the pioneering grain blend Hedonism, and intricate limited releases such as The Extinct Blends Quartet and Artist Blend.
🍷 ABV
48.9%