Caperdonich 1980 Bottled 1994 Map Label Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

Caperdonich 1992/2013 Creative Whisky Company

Caperdonich, a distillery from the 60’s building on the heritage of a long forgotten Speyside predecessor. Today with the single malt craze it would be unthinkable that another distillery would close its doors. But not so long ago in 2002 Pernod Ricard closed its newly acquisitioned distillery, sold it to Forsyths, who in turn knocked over the...

Score 84/100

Caperdonich 39 Year Old 1972 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

Gordon & Macphail is beyond introducing, I expect. This oldest of Scottish bottlers has a portfolio that knows no end. This Caperdonich from March 1972 was bottled under their Connoisseurs Choice label (thus 46%) in August 2011. The nose is an instant classic. Deep sherry with all kinds of dark and dried fruits. Think raisins, apricots, both...

Score 88/100

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 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