Caperdonich 5 Year Old Bottled 1970's

Caperdonich 13 Year Old 1999 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Caperdonich always appeals to the imagination, doesn't it? Founded in 1897 as Glen Grant No 2, it became one of the victims of the Pattinson Crash and closed in 1902 only to reopen under her new name in 1965. In 2002 the distillery was silenced, but in 2010 it was demolished. In our glass is a 13-year-old from 1999 bottled two years after the...

Score 85/100

Duncan Taylor The Octave - Caperdonich 1972

An Octave is a small cask, about an eighth of a butt. Duncan Taylor has bottled two Caperdonich 1972 from sherry casks in this series, that I will put H2H today. I will start with this 38 Year Old of which the cask only yielded 70 bottles, to be followed by a twin cask, also 38 years old, also from 1972, that yielded only 71 bottles and was...

Score 89/100

Caperdonich 11 Year Old Provenance

Caperdonich, that started out as Glen Grant No 2, closed its doors in 1902 as a consequence of the Pattison Crash. It took until 1965 before the stills were fired up again – this time under the name Caperdonich – exclusively for the blenders market (100 Pipers, Chivas Regal, Passport). The distillery was closed again in 2002 and in november 2010...

Score 82/100

Duncan Taylor The Octave - Caperdonich 1972

This was the Octave for Malts & More! An Octave is a small cask, about an eighth of a butt. Duncan Taylor has bottled two Caperdonich 1972 from sherry casks in this series, that I will put H2H today. I started with a 38 Year Old of which the cask only yielded 70 bottles, to be followed now by this twin cask, also 38 years old, also from 1972,...

Score 90/100