Secret Stills No 2.2 Cragganmore 1966 Gordon & Macphail

Cragganmore 12 Year Old 20cl

Pale orange. Grapes and herbal crunch granola. Nose. Starts with cranberry, prunes and birch. Then tobacco and bacon. Finish is a chimney and coal fires

Score 81/100

Cragganmore 1988 17 Year Old

Cragganmore distillery is located in the village of Ballindalloch in Banffshire and is named after the nearby Craggan More (gaelic for 'big rock') hill. It was founded in 1869 by John Smith on land leased from George Macpherson-Grant. After John Smith’s death in 1886 his trustees continued operating the distillery until 1893 when John's son Gordon...

Score 87/100

Cragganmore 12 Year Old 20cl

This whisky has a crazy-good nose. Really complex; vanilla sweet, fruity and floral with a creamy/savoury edge. I take several deep whiffs with every sip, the smell is what really makes this whisky. The taste starts out honey sweet end which slowly reveals a more meaty savoury edge. The finish is long, fruity and sweet, with a hint of smoke...

Score 83/100

Cragganmore 22yo 1985/2008 The Single Malts of Scotland

While the rest of the whisky world is flocking towards the Speyside for the annual festival, I am stuck at home… with a so-called metric shit ton of whisky samples from the region. Today’s pick is the well-known but scanty praised Cragganmore from the Diageo stall. Today’s dram is a 22yo from 1985, and don’t look so surprised, a posh reviewer like...

Score 90/100