Blended Scotch Great King Street Artists Blend
⏳ Drikkevindue
Ready to enjoy upon release, as distilled spirits do not mature further in the bottle. It will remain stable and delicious for many years when stored upright and away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
charcuterie boards, roasted pork belly, apple tart
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Named after the address of Compass Box's Edinburgh offices, the Great King Street Artists Blend is a poetic homage to the golden age of late 19th-century Scotch blending. During this era, blended whiskies were celebrated for their immense character, flavor, and artistry, before industrialization shifted the market toward lighter, more generic profiles. To recapture this lost grandeur, Compass Box crafted this expression with an exceptionally high proportion of single malt whiskies—typically over 50%—sourced from celebrated Highland distilleries like Clynelish. This rich malt backbone is seamlessly married with delicate single grain whisky from Cameronbridge. The maturation process utilizes a sophisticated wood regime, including first-fill American oak Bourbon barrels, toasted new French oak, and sherry casks, resulting in a wonderfully creamy, aromatic spirit bursting with notes of fresh apple, vanilla, and soft baking spices.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Compass Box blev grundlagt i 2000 af den visionære blender John Glaser og er et uafhængigt boutique-whiskymærke, der har sat sig for at gentænke den skotske blending-tradition. Virksomheden arbejder ud fra sit blending-studie i Richmond i London og har lagre i Skotland, hvorfra de går til skotsk whisky med samme kompromisløse tilgang som en passioneret vinmager. I stedet for at følge standardiserede industrielle opskrifter udvælger Compass Box førsteklasses malt- og grain-destillater fra hele Skotland. Disse modnes på skræddersyede fade af ristet, jomfrueligt fransk og amerikansk eg for at fremhæve helt specifikke aromatiske og strukturelle nuancer. Compass Box er desuden kendt for sin stædige kamp for fuld gennemsigtighed i whiskyverdenen og skaber udtryksfulde aftapninger, der altid er ufiltrerede og uden tilsat karamelfarve. Porteføljen byder på anmelderroste klassikere som den frugtdrevne Orchard House, den markant tørverøgede blended malt The Peat Monster og den banebrydende grain whisky Hedonism samt komplekse særudgaver som The Extinct Blends Quartet og Artist Blend.
🍷 ABV
43%