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92Excellent

Compass Box Secrets of Smoke

Scotch Compass Box
  • Distiller

    Various

  • Bottler

    Compass Box

  • ABV

    52%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $100 to $199.99

Released in November 2024 by the independent blender, Compass Box, Secrets of Smoke is a peated scotch blend comprising Caol Ila finished in Palo Cortado sherry-seasoned butts (33.1%); Compass Box's "The Peat Monster" finished in second-fill red wine casks (33.9%); Ardmore finished in first-fill sherry hogsheads (22%); Laphroaig finished in Marsala barriques (5.7%); Bowmore (2.5%); and a "blended malt parcel" aged primarily in recharred American oak hogsheads (2.8%). The Peat Monster is 64% Caol Ila, 35% Williamson and 1% French oak-finished Highland malt blend.

Bottled at 104 proof, Secrets of Smoke has a suggested retail price of $165 per 700-milliliter bottle.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 93
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • A lovely sweet-peat expression that’s rich, full and thoroughly satisfying.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • Drinkhacker
  • By David Thomas Tao
  • Secrets of Smoke ends on peat, but the finish itself contains a few pops of bright fruit and additional sweetness, like blueberries doused in maple syrup.
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  • Raided Score: 89
  • Robb Report
  • By Jonah Flicker
  • This is a lovely new blend.
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  • Raided Score: 93
  • Whisky Advocate
  • By Jonny McCormick
  • Lemon, chocolate ganache, and punchy smoke flavors on the palate slowly evolve into dried vine fruits, blueberry, and plum, with drying peat smoke on the finish.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • Distiller
  • By Amanda Schuster
  • The smoke, earthiness, chocolatey flavors, and salty tartness linger on the palate with a medium finish.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Ultra-peaty nose filled with barbecue smoke, honey and a vegetal quality.

  • Taste:

    Pleasant, sweet palate. Plenty of peat here, but plenty of sweetness too. Toffee, honey, butterscotch, lemon, a touch of mint, tobacco,

  • Finish:

    Long, layered finish. Ash and peat that oscillates between barbecue smoke and medicinal. Caramel, pear, oak, drying tannin and more of that vegetal/mineral quality.

  • Overall:

    A lovely sweet-peat expression that’s rich, full and thoroughly satisfying.

  • Score:

    93

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By David Morrow
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources