North Star – Compass Box Nectarosity

I guess it is no secret that I love Compass Box. Now, this is my review of their new Nectarosity whisky. On top of that, I created a somehow White Scotch Boulevardier version with it. As it turns out, the best garnish for it was in fact an olive!

The Compass Box Nectarosity was inspired by the work of pastry chefs. It uses a whopping amount of eleven different whiskies in its blend. The grain whiskies come from Cameronbridge as well as Girvan and the single malts from Clynelish, Balmenach as well as Linkwood. Most barrels are bourbon barrels, but the Linkwood malts come from sherry or sherry-seasoned casks. On top of that, there is also a small portion of refill virgin American oak. Here you will find the fact sheet.

Honey and toffee notes

The Nactarosity starts with some fruits and a hint of buttery notes. Next, you can notice a bit of sherry and flowers. Towards the end of the sip, typical vanilla and oak spices show up. All in all, it is a tasty blended Scotch with a bit of complexity to it. Yet, it also seems like a great choice for cocktails.

White Boulevardier

This is a special combination inspired by the White Negroni. Yet, instead of vermouth I used dry white port. This means that you need a bit of syrup to balance it out. On top of that, I added MS Better Bitters Fuji Bitters and a dash of saline.

At first, I wanted to garnish the drink with a lemon twist. Yet, after tasting its umami notes, it just felt right to use an olive instead. The whisky works excellent with the gentian liqueur and the dry white port. The resulting drink is spirit forward, but almost refreshing.

*The fact that I received a product reviewed in this article for free, did not – in any way – influence the rating of said product. The whisky was provided by Kirsch Whisky.