Caperdonich 37 Year Old 1972 The Octave Duncan Taylor

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 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 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

Caperdonich 11 Year Old 1996 Signatory

This week, I am putting three relatively young Caperdonich next to each other. Let me start with this very pale 11 Year Old from Signatory. The nose starts on the obligatory honey and beeswax with hints of dried grass, roasted nuts and errr… baked patatoes. Butter, too. A little weird, but not unpleasant. Some white fruit shines through, mostly...

Score 79/100