“To toast 25 years of Compass Box, we present a remastered version of Flaming Heart that focuses on the flames and their protective chamber of oak.
For this, our 8th rendition, we have sought the most complex range of flavour from the fewest possible components.”
THE RECIPE:
48.1% Talisker (American Oak)
35.5% Benrinnes (French Oak)
13.4% “Williamson” Islay Peated Malt
3% Laphroaig (Madeira Barrels)
Tasting Notes:
Rich, oily smoke appears on the nose, supported by zingy spice. Hints of raspberry and apricot encircled by impressions of tarry rope. The palate is immediately dense as spices like clove, pink and black pepper and nutmeg arrive. Medicinal peat notes duke it out with bright and winey fruit. Finally, concentrated smoke that is at once woody and ashy with menthol and citrus oils.
Compass Box is back, baby. After several long years of absence in the Australian market, and a total reimagining of what made them them champions of blended whisky, Compass Box has returned with a new core range, alongside regular limited bottlings that seek to test the limits of what a blended whisky can be.
Bottled at 48.9% ABV.
Natural colour.
Not chill-filtered.
A limited release of 9,384 bottles
