Description
Launched in 2021 as a new addition to the Compass Box core range, Orchard House is a fruit-forward and spirit-driven whisky. The majority of the recipe uses whisky purchased as new make by Compass Box, which was then matured in a variety of casks.
Comprised of a Highland malt blend matured in custom French oak barrels (2%), an undisclosed malt from a distillery near the town of Aberlour matured in revatted Oloroso sherry-seasoned butts (8%), and several malts matured in first-fill bourbon barrels: Linkwood (39%), Clynelish (29%), Benrinnes (20%), and Caol Ila (2%). Non-chillfiltered, naturally coloured, and bottled at 46% (Bottle size 750ml).
Nose: Apple, pear, and peach. Black cherry, pineapple, and citrus zests. Vanilla and toasted desiccated coconut with sweet biscuity notes and touches of cinnamon and Earl Grey tea.
Palate: Apple juice, muesli, banana, and honey. Wild strawberry. Very breakfast-like at first! An oily texture with subtle peat. Sultana, vanilla, and then a creaminess infused with hay and meadowsweet.
Finish: Hints of cocoa powder in the finish.
Orchard House gathers together some of the fruitiest malts Scotland has to offer, including whiskies from the Linkwood and Clynelish distilleries; what’s more, we have sourced many of these whiskies as new spirit and laid them down in our own oak casks. This, our monument to fresh fruitiness in Scotch whisky, has been many years in the making.
When neat or poured over a large ice cube, Orchard House makes for an outstanding pre-dinner malt. It will ably partner amber and pale ales, as well as swathes of soft cheeses. Welcome to our home among the fruit trees—the door is unlocked.
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