Caperdonich 20 Year Old 1992 The Octave Duncan Taylor

Caperdonich 1970 38 Year Old Cask Adelphi

Nose: Edgy and slightly grassy to start with mineral back notes. Quickly reveals light tropical fruits, pineapple, kiwi and a touch of overripe mango alongside refined linseed and lemon oil. There are some menthol qualities with paraffin, beeswax and dusty oak backed by a whisper of distant coal smoke. Becomes sweeter and more rounded over time...

Score 91/100

Caperdonich 10 Year Old 1998 Single Malts of Scotland

Single Malts of Scotland is a label from Specialty Drinks Ltd, a subsidiary of The Whisky Exchange. This Caperdonich was matured on a peaty barrel, which is somewhat surprising. I read somewhere that Caperdonich experimented with peated runs in the ‘90s, but I was not aware they also used peaty barrels for maturation. I am not even sure what that...

Score 84/100

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 1972 by Men O'quaich

Men o’Quaich is an IB label created by a group of Russian single malt whisky aficionados (Timothy, Paul, Vladislav, Alexis and Mikhail). It consists of old and older casks which are then transferred into an octave sherry cask of small dimensions (and volume) for a few months to ‘finish’ the liquid than bottled at cask strength with the help of...

Score 90/100