Compass Box has been the most innovative whisky blender over the past 20 years - always pushing boundaries and making the older brands seem driven by marketing rather than taste or just dinosaurs shackled by tradition. Ironically, John Glaser the American entrepreneur behind Compass Box was actually the head of marketing at Johnnie Walker prior to starting the business, but understood that to succeed Compass Box had to put taste and innovation ahead of marketing. Juveniles is a Bistrot and bar in central Paris that has done a number of collaborations with Compass Box - this is the 4th Juveniles limited edition from 2018. Juveniles whisky is designed to be an unpeated blend that pairs well with food and wine and is fun and bright. It is a blend of 4 single malts - Clynelish, Glendullan, Balmenach and Strathmill. The bottle has a high punt at the base with a bell so you can actually ring the bottle.
Some lovely ocean spray and subtle smoke on the nose. More of the ocean than the fire on the nose at least. Sweet upfront and then a little prickly, but beautifully done. Apricot jam which reveals freshly cracked black pepper, that smoothens into cured meats and honey. This dram gives a charcuterie board alongside a cigar. A taster is well worthwhile as this has certainly moved me towards buying a bottle.
I've actually been wanting to taste this so I can make up my mind to buy a bottle. When I found your site and saw it had this I immediately bought some tasting samples and absolutely loved it! Will definitely invest in a bottle
Heard for a while how good Littlemill’s can be. This SMWS 30yo certainly did not disappoint, the nose on this dram was amazing.
It was a flavour packed palete, that certainly stood out as such a fine whisky.
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