Caperdonich 1998 12 Year Old Heavily Peated Speciality Drinks

Caperdonich 23 Year Old 1980 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

This is a golden oldie, so tos peak. A Caperdonich from 1980, bottled by one of Scotland’s oldest and best known bottlers – Gordon & Macphail – a year after this Speyside distillery was closed. That was already 17 years ago. I have to confess that I find the nose initially quite alcoholic. White fruit, honey, green grapes and then a hint of...

Score 86/100

Caperdonich 20 Year Old 1992 A.D. Rattray Cask 121139

At the festival of Independent Bottlers I took to A.D. Rattray samples, both single cask bottlings of Caperdonich. Sister casks, both put to sleep in 1992, both bottled in 2014 at cask strength. I will put them head-to-head, starting with this 20 Year Old, cask 121139. Powerful nose on white fruit. Sour apples, but mostly pears. Hint of hay. Icing...

Score 85/100

Caperdonich 1969 by G&M

So, Demolished distillery bottling, are they tastier? or are we just missing those distilleries which will never operate again? That is a good question I need to devote an entire post to, or even a poll, but until then we’ll give Caperdonich the benefit of the doubt, as it is one of those distilleries that ceased to operate but yielded wonderful...

Score 90/100

Caperdonich - 38 Year Old 1972 Malts of Scotland

This is a H2H tasting note of two bottles, sistercasks from Malts of Scotland, i.e. the Caperdonich 38 Year Old 1972/2011, sherry hogsheads 1144 that yielded 98 bottles and sherry hogshead 1145 that yielded 76 bottles. The ABV's are 57,4% for cask 1144 and 52,4% for cask 1145. Further on, to make the note somewhat more readable, I'll simply refer...

Score 93/100