Caperdonich 1968 38 Year Old Duncan Taylor

Caperdonich 18 Year Old 1995 Douglas Laing Old Particular

The new single cask range from Douglas Laing got the name Old Particular. I love the packaging with the retro touch. The whisky is probably great too, as it is the successor to the Old Malt Cask. I already tried the Auchentoshan, Auchroisk, Glen Garioch and Bowmore. The first three were geat, the fourth left me in doubt. Today, let us try the 18...

Score 81/100

Duncan Taylor The Octave - Caperdonich 1972

An Octave is a small cask, about an eighth of a butt. Duncan Taylor has bottled two Caperdonich 1972 from sherry casks in this series, that I will put H2H today. I will start with this 38 Year Old of which the cask only yielded 70 bottles, to be followed by a twin cask, also 38 years old, also from 1972, that yielded only 71 bottles and was...

Score 89/100

Caperdonich 34 Year Old 1972 Duncan Taylor for LMdW

A little over a year ago, I discovered this Caperdonich at a tasting. Thanks to my whiskybuddy Chris, I was able to secure a big sample, which I gladly will try again today. After all, this is Caperdonich 1972, a great year, maybe even the best, for this Speysider. It was bottled for the French retailer La Maison du Whisky. The nose starts...

Score 92/100

Caperdonich 18 Year Old 1996 Blackadder Raw Cask

Blackadder’s unique selling point is undoubtedly the cask residue on the bottom of each bottle. They are called Raw Cask for a reason, although that also refers to the cask strength. About 5 years ago they bottled this Caperdonich 1996. A very pale dram. The nose shows all the traits of a bourbon cask: grain cookies, vanilla, coconut, white...

Score 86/100