Spice Tree Extravaganza

Ten years ago, we were compelled to discontinue production of one of our most innovative Scotch whiskies – The Spice Tree – due to a certain avante-garde approach to cask maturation that was deemed ‘untraditional’. In the years that followed we were able to work with cooper friends in both France and Scotland to bring back THE SPICE TREE and now today – on the tenth anniversary of the original bottling being banned – we are proud to release this Limited Edition whisky: SPICE TREE EXTRAVAGANZA. As the name suggests, the liquid draws its inspiration from THE SPICE TREE but reinterprets it through the use of older components and a significant portion of sherry-cask aged malt whisky.

Limited Edition release of 12,240 bottles worldwide. Bottled August 2016. Bottled at 46%. Not chill-filtered. Natural colour

Decadent and playful on the nose, you will find notes of sherry wine, dark berries and the fragrant sweetness of traditional sweet shops. On the palate there is juicy red fruit, a dark brown sugar richness, the trademark SPICE TREE ginger and clove spice character and an endlessly long, spicy, substantial finish. 93 Points Whisky Advocate - Recognizably Spice Tree, but it’s richer, more dapper, traveling in style, and wearing better shoes. Peanut brittle, toasted coconut, and pale, light sherry. Honeyed palate with caramelized sugar, red apple, and red berry fruit before the gingersnaps and clove bite. It revs up with another spicy blast for the finish. A tasty fifth Tenth Anniversary bottling from Compass Box; just don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.

This is an excessive, rich, dare we say extravagant whisky. The perfect drink with which to mark one of our more infamous anniversaries. Drink it any way you like – there are no rules that can’t be broken.