Caperdonich 1968 37 Year Old Murray McDavid Mission

Caperdonich 37yo, 1972 Duncan Taylor, Rare Auld C#7416

I recently tasted this Caperdonich for a second time in an “old speyside vertical” along with a 77 Glenlivet from Whisky Doris and a 74 Jack Wiebers Longmorn. It was a high quality trio but the Caperdonich stood a level above its companions. The Longmorn was rich and quite wonderful on first nosing but, in time, began to break down, losing some...

Score 91/100

Caperdonich 38 Year Old 1972 The Whisky Agency

The Perfect Dram is a label from the German bottler The Whisky Agency. This 38 Year Old Caperdonich from the legendary year 1972 was bottled two years ago. It is being praised left and right? Let us see if it is in fact praiseworthy. Kaboom! That is it! A Nose with capital N. Caper at its best indeed. An unparalleled fruitiness: apricots, mango,...

Score 95/100

Caperdonich 37 Year Old 1968 Lonach

Duncan Taylor, the well-known Scottish independent bottler, markets older whiskies under their ‘Lonach’ label. Lonach are usually vattings of different casks, both overproof and underproof (meaning less than 40% ABV), thus creating whisky above 40%, sold as cask strength whisky. The fact that this Caperdonich has a cask strength of 41,5% seems to...

Score 82/100

Caperdonich 18 Year Old 1995 Chieftain’s Choice

Benny is one of the regulars at the whisky tastings I host in Ghent. And during one of those tastings he handed me a sample. ‘You gotta try this’ he insisted. It’s a Caperdonich of 18 years, matured on sherr cask – a vatting of 4 hogsheads. Well, Benny, let me give that one a go. The nose needs some time, starts rather closed. But once it has...

Score 86/100