Compass Box Flaming Heart 2012 Edition
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Review by @Victor
- Nose23
- Taste22
- Finish21
- Balance22
- Overall88
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- Brand: Compass Box
- Type: Scotch
- ABV: 48.9%
Flaming Heart 4th Release adds some sherried malt in addition to the use of Highland and Islay malts. Once again, some of the whisky is aged in new French oak. Thanks to @Numen for the reviewed sample
Nose: refined high-pitched grape-wine flavours offer the first greeting. This is subtle, lovely and sweet. There is underlying peat and malt, which are not quite as strong in flavour. More elegant than powerful. Very nice
Taste: quite sweet immediatley; peat and sherry appear together after the initial sweetness. These are strong flavours here, much stronger than in the nose. Lush, but here more robust than elegant. You notice the malt if you look for it, but the peat and sherry flavours are much stronger. With all of the other strong flavours present, the Limousin oak spice present is not as noticeable as in the Flaming Heart 10th Anniversary Release
Finish: long and very strong; lots of sweetness, lots of peat, and lots of sherry flavour remain at the end. Powerful
Balance: the sherried malt included in this vatting takes this in a completely different direction from the Flaming Heart 10th Anniversary Edition. This is a pretty big-flavoured whisky, more powerful and less refined than the Flaming Heart 10th Anniversary Edition. Balance is good but not outstanding. Compass Box Flaming Heart 4th Release is quite a big experience worth trying
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