Blended Scotch Whisky, Extinct Blends Quartet, 'Delos'

• Blended Scotch whisky from Compass Box; blended by lead whisky maker, James Saxon
• Second of four releases from Compass Box’s Extinct Blends Quartet
• Crafted as an homage to Compass Box’s own Asyla Blended Scotch
• 33.4% The Imperial Distillery single malt aged in first-fill bourbon barrels
• 28.5% The Glen Elgin Distillery single malt aged in re-charred American oak barrels
• 21.2% The Miltonduff Distillery single malt aged in first-fill bourbon barrels
• 16.9% The Cameronbridge Distillery single grain aged in first-fill bourbon barrels
• Ripe pear, pineapple, orange oil, and vanilla cream on the nose transition to a palate of fruit tarts and white chocolate with guava, heather honey, and chai spice on the finish
• Limited release of 5,520 bottles
• Non-chill filtered with no added coloring; 49% ABV

Compass Box’s Extinct Blends Quartet reimagines four blended Scotches—which would otherwise be lost to the past—using some of their rarest and most idiosyncratic whisky stocks. Delos draws inspiration from Asyla, a retired core Compass Box expression aged entirely in American oak, but reimagines the blend with older, richer whiskies.

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