Compass Box Scotch Whiskymakers are thrilled to announce their first Limited Edition of 2022, Vellichor.

This new expression, inspired by the experience, emotion, and aroma of old bookshops, is ideal for collectors and whisky enthusiasts alike and will only have 3,246 bottles available worldwide. Vellichor will be available from select specialist retailers.

“We scoured Scotland for the volumes we needed to express this, eventually discovering two parcels of Scotch whisky from a distiller and bottler in Speyside,” Whiskymaker James Saxon said in a news release. “Both were blends that had been aged further in Sherry casks and were more than two decades old. These are some of our favorite whiskies to work with and we have capitalized on such discoveries before with previous Limited Editions, including The General and The Circus.”

“Vellichor” itself is a word that describes and embodies the fragrance and nostalgia of old books found within second-hand bookshops. The complex, transportive aroma of old books is a favorite of Compass Box Whiskymaker and founder, John Glaser, and Compass Box Whiskymaker, James Saxon. They both studied literature and spent many hours in densely packed libraries; creating a whisky that embodies this atmosphere and unique fragrance was a great adventure for them both.

Compass Box has combined rare, Sherry-matured blends with malt whiskies from the sought-after Highland Park and Macallan distilleries, together with a small amount of very old whisky from the Caol Ila Distillery. Not many blends feature 23-year-old whisky from the Macallan Distillery, and fewer still are built around even older whisky from the Highland Park Distillery.

Vellichor is bottled at 44.6% ABV and carries an SRP of $450.