About three weeks ago Compass Box whisky Co. had launched a new line of whisky named “Great King Street” , and the first expression in this line : A blended whisky (not Blended malt since this one also contains some grain like ‘normal’ blends do). I’ve dedicated a post to this new launch, which can be found here, but essentially we’re speaking about a luxury blend with a high malt content (almost 50%) , and very fine ingredients. A few bloggers / whisky sites had already reviewed it, and gave it good reviews, and I was very happy to receive a sample of this whisky this week, in order to experience it myself. So, here it goes. Let’s dive in.
Great King Street ‘Artist’s Blend’, 43% ABV, NAS , £23 (50cl)
Nose: Vanilla up front, quite lemony, as in lemon pie, or meringue, green apples and maybe some pears too. quite fresh, with some oak notes.
Palate: Creamy, but with a zing of gingery lemon stuff. vanilla custard, and some oriental candy, with bits of almonds, pistachios and sweet sultana towards the end, where a slight alcoholic bite is detected.
Finish : medium,with oak notes (quite some wood here) , almonds , biscuits , and spice. Not very long, but long enough.
Bottom line:
This is a very good whisky.Well blended, with the right amount of wood influence, and a bit of everything (save smoke, which is not to be found here). Pricewise it’s not the cheapest of blends costing about £32 for bottle (if 750 ml bottles existed, currently it’s sold only in 0,5 litre bottles), and at that price you can get quite a few great single malts, but As a higher end blended scotch whisky it delivers just what it promises. Good work by John Glaser.
Score: 83/100
Sincere thanks to Chris for the official sample.
Slainte!
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