alc./vol: 48.9%
Proof: 97.8°
Vintage: Non-vintage
Aged: No age statement
Product of:
United Kingdom
Created by Compass Box in 2013 for Selfridges as a homage to the store’s founder Gordon Selfridge, credited for revolutionising the retail experience and making shopping entertaining. The Entertainer contains a whopping 75% malts (Highlands, Speyside and Islay) to 25% Lowland single grain whisky.
Aged predominantly in first-fill American oak ex-bourbon barrels with approximately nine months secondary maturation in heavily toasted new French oak. Bottled without chill-filtration or the addition of caramel colour. Only 1,000 bottles were produced and these are exclusively available from Selfridges’ stores and selfridges.com.
Review and Tasting
Sampled on 03/06/2013
Appearance:
Clear, pale golden amber.
Aroma:
Refined herbal smokiness, coal dust, perfectly done buttered toast, vanilla and earthy dry leafy forest floor.
Taste:
Elegant and rounded with generous peaty smoke, honeyed sweet barley cereal and apple with nutmeg and cinnamon spice.
Aftertaste:
Smoky spice, then mushroom soup before more smoky cinnamon spice and sweetened apple juice.
