Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
This is a 10-Year-Old Whisky
A limited-edition Blended Malt Scotch whisky by Compass Box. Three single malts, each aged exactly 10 years.
50.5% ABV · Natural colour · Not chill-filtered
Nothing to Hide
Nothing to Hide is our commitment to full transparency in Scotch whisky.
Every whisky we make discloses its full recipe: every component whisky, every distillery, every cask type, every age.
We believe every bottle of Scotch should tell you exactly what is in it, and how it was made. And we never add caramel colouring, nor chill-filter our whiskies.
What is This is a 10-Year-Old Whisky?
This is a 10-Year-Old Whisky is a limited edition blended malt Scotch whisky by Compass Box.
It is made from three single malt whiskies. Each one is aged exactly 10 years.
Only 3,610 bottles have been made worldwide. Each is individually numbered.
Bottled at 50.5% ABV. Best enjoyed neat, or over ice.
What does it taste like?
This is a 10-Year-Old Whisky tastes of orchard fruit - Pink Lady apple and rhubarb crumble - with custard, creamy white chocolate, and soft apricots.
Light and glossy, with layers of flavour. A whisky to enjoy slowly.
Who we are
Compass Box is an independent Scotch whiskymaker, founded in London in 2000. We are not distillers. We are more than blenders. We are whiskymakers, and every decision we make is for the flavour.
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We search Scotland for the finest aged whiskies from over 40 distilleries. We combine them to create new flavours no single distillery could make on their own.
We have made over 200 Scotch whiskies, including Orchard House.
For us, whiskymaking is a creative art, bringing together different ideas, styles and flavours. We also share the full recipe of every bottle we make, so drinkers know exactly what is in their whisky.
Recipe
| Distillery | Cask type | % |
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The Clynelish Distillery First-fill Bourbon Barrel
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First-fill Bourbon Barrel | 66.5% |
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The Ardnamurchan Distillery (Peated) First-fill Bourbon Barrel
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First-fill Bourbon Barrel | 20.2% |
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The Ardnamurchan Distillery (Unpeated) First-fill Bourbon Barrel
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First-fill Bourbon Barrel | 13.3% |
Our approach to whiskymaking
The whiskymakers
Angela D’Orazio, Michael Stephenson, and Samuel Travers are our whiskymakers at Compass Box. Each brings different craftsmanship and experience. Together, they create whiskies none of them could create alone.
How the This is a 10-Year-Old Whisky recipe was created
A celebration of the 10-year anniversary of our campaign for transparency, and an exercise in discovering what that would look like in terms of flavour, as we asked “What does transparency taste like?”
The profile of This is a 10-Year-Old Whisky was formulated from in-depth discussions within the Whiskymaking team about how far they could push both texture and clarity within a single blend. These are two qualities that usually find themselves on opposite ends of the scale. They achieved ultimate balance by pairing crisp clarity from Clynelish in rinsed bourbon casks with the textural lushness of peated & unpeated Ardnamurchan.
The Clynelish Distillery which brings lemon, beeswax, peach and gentle salinity
The Ardnamurchan Distillery (Peated), which adds flinty and mineral peat, toffee and a signature funk
The Ardnamurchan Distillery (Unpeated), which offers funky cereal, freshly-baked white chocolate cookies and apricot.
Our whiskymakers taste, assess, and combine these malts to identify key aromatic, textural and flavour qualities that can be integrated to create an enhanced drinking experience.
Tasting notes
Overall Experience
Light and glossy, with layers of orchard fruit, custard, and creamy pastry notes.
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Colour
Light gold.
Nose
Pink Lady apple and rhubarb crumble. Custard.
Palate
Waxy, glossy, and transparent in texture. Lemon-iced butter biscuits, creamy white chocolate, vanilla panna cotta, soft apricots, nutmeg on sweet oats, and French fancies.
Finish
Lush, buttery pastry. Candied lemon, with a hint of charred oak.
A decade of campaigning for transparency
By law, an age statement on a blended Scotch whisky can only show the age of the youngest whisky in the blend. This means a whisky drinker rarely knows exactly what is in their glass, or how old each part of it is.
At Compass Box, we believe whisky lovers deserve to know. That is why every whisky in this bottle is exactly 10 years old. And why we call it what it is: This is a 10-Year-Old Whisky.
This release marks ten years since Compass Box began publicly advocating for greater transparency in Scotch whisky. This whisky is a living example of that belief.