Compass Box - Double Single 10th Anniversary Bottling.

Availability: one-off, limited release of 876 bottles. Bottled in September 2010.

Flavour Descriptors: full, soft palate of flavours reminiscent of pear fruit, maltiness, vanilla and crème brûlée. 

Recommendations: sipped neat or with the addition of water, to taste.

Distillery Sourcing: 18 year-old single malt whisky from the Glen Elgin distillery (76% of the vatting) combined with a single cask of 21 year-old grain whisky distilled at Port Dundas (24%).

Flavour: mild, juicy fruits, slight touch of oak and a soft coastal note. Raisins and cinnamon, exceptionally smooth.

Wood: Glen Elgin was aged in a refill American oak hogshead, the Port Dundas in a first-fill American oak hogshead.

Bottling Details: bottled at cask strength (53.3%). Not chill filtered. Natural colour.

95.5 Points - Jim Murrays 2012 Whisky Bible.