Compass Box Oak Cross – named for the American and French oaks used to re-age whiskies from three distilleries. I could go into more detail but sometimes too many things is too many things.
nose
Dan – oak, lime, pickling spice, sour cream?
Simon – oak, tequila, mustard
neat
Dan – rough umami, weird
Simon – nameless light savoury, no salt but not sweet
finish
Dan – very standard manly’s man’s scotch
Simon – low torso warm
splash
Dan – neat plus sweet
Simon – warm becomes burn
overall
Dan – 3/10
Simon – 5/10
for a blend
Dan – 3/10
Simon – 5/10
Compass Box Oak Cross Blended Scotch Whisky – 43% 50ml – $77.00 – Scotland
Try it? No. Buy it? No.
