Compass Box Artist # 11 Pentalogy Fortitude LMDW / 52.5%/ 0.7l
- ‘Artist’ is a luxurious whisky range launched in 2011 by the Parisian retailer La Maison du Whisky.
Product description
“Artist” is a luxury whisky series from the portfolio of Parisian distributor La Maison du Whisky.
It debuted in 2011 and immediately caught the attention of connoisseurs with both its excellent selection and its unusual, thought-provoking presentation – each edition is decorated with a label depicting a work of art by a contemporary artist. The eleventh series was released in 2021, the year in which the Parisian La Maison du Whisky celebrated its 65th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the series included the “Pentalogy” collection from Compass Box. The Pentalogy Fortitude presented here is a blended whisky composed of Lowland grain whisky, Speyside single malt, Highland blended malt and No Name blended malt. The label uses the painting “Fortitude” by surrealist Charlotte Massip, and the edition consisted of 1,074 bottles.
Nose: smoke, ash and soot, damp hay, pears, apples, mirabelle plums, lemon peel, honey, caramel, licorice, sea salt, mustard seeds and mint leaves.
Palate: rich peat smoke, seaweed salad, salted caramel, almond butter, lemon juice, apples, licorice, a touch of ginger, white pepper and oak.
Finish: quite long, smoke and ash, sea salt caramel, licorice, dried herbs and delicate fruit and oak notes.