Compass Box has announced the release of the third limited edition expression of their Extinct Blends Quartet, Metropolis.
Blended scotch has long historical ties to metropolitan centers, with blending vats in Glasgow and bottling in Edinburgh making the spirit. With Metropolis, Compass Box pays homage to the energy of cities by creating a blend of malt whiskies from the Ablerlour, Bowmore and Miltonduff distilleries, combined with a parcel of blended scotch that is further matured in sherry butts. The blend yielded 5,190 bottles of this 98 proof whisky.
“With Metropolis, we continue to revive, recreate, and reimagine legendary whisky blends of the past,” says James Saxon, Compass Box lead whiskymaker. “The Extinct Blends Quartet celebrates discontinued characters and flavors, reappraising four very different expressions of blended Scotch. These exclusive blends pay homage to specific moments in time, where relationships, ideas and people created delicious whiskies.”
As with all Compass Box expressions, the producer expresses its vision through a captivating label from the design team at Stranger & Stranger. For Metropolis, step into the throng of a striving city where industriousness jostles up against elaborate architecture; people and provisions from diverse places mingle, and commerce meets culture.
Compass Box’s Metropolis is available now for $325.
