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Compass Box The Extinct Blends Quartet Metropolis, 49%

Price: 325 Issue: Fall 2023 Reviewer: Jonny McCormick Category: Blended Scotch Whisky

This third installment has a nose of banana candy, Victoria sponge cake, honey, lemon, jellied orange, dried apricot, and fin spices, developing more juicy orange and a whisper of smoke. The palate has a concentrated fruity intensity with apricot, orange, lemon, and butterscotch, interrupted by a spicy kick of ginger and pepper, followed by chocolate orange, tangy citrus, and dried mango, with a catch of smoke again at the swallow. (5,910 bottles)