Compass Box The Last Vatted Malt Bottled 2011 (70cl, 53.7%)

The Last Vatted Malt is a blended malt Scotch whisky released by Compass Box in 2011 to mark the end of the term "vatted malt", after changes to Scotch whisky regulations required the label "blended malt". It is a limited edition in a 70cl bottle. It was assembled from two parcels of single malt: Aberlour 1974 from a first-fill sherry butt, and Caol Ila 1984 from American oak hogsheads. It was bottled at a natural cask strength of 53.7%, without chill filtration and at natural colour. The palate brings dried fruits, dark chocolate, tobacco, spice and gentle peat smoke, followed by a long, warming finish.