Caperdonich 1968 14 Year Old Brown Label Gordon & Macphail

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

Caperdonich Cadenhead´'s Chairman's Stock 27yo 1980

Keywords: Musty, earthy, fruity, paint, solvent, dry, dunnage warehouse Balance: Medium - the musty-earthyness is dominant Finish: Medium-short I like musty-earthy whiskies

Score 90/100

Caperdonich 21 Year Old 1992 A.D. Rattray Cask 121124

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, ending with this 21 Year Old, cask 121124. It has a sweet nose on Turkish Delight, soft apples, lime and a hint of grain...

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