Caperdonich 37 Year Old 1972 Cask #6735 Rare Auld Duncan Taylor

Caperdonich 36 Year Old 1972 Gordon & Macphail Reserve

Did you know that Caperdonich was originally named Glen Grant No 2? Anyway, this Gordon & Macphail bottling, at cask strength as is custom under the Reserve label, was released to the Dutch market at 57% ABV. Caper usually means a fruitbomb on the nose, but it is not the case here. Sure, there is quite a lot of fruit there, mostly oranges,...

Score 85/100

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

Caperdonich 21 Year Old 1995 Signatory Vintage UCF for The Nectar

This is the 40th Caperdonich that I try so far. A milestone, surely. We are probably all aware of the fact that Belgian importer The Nectar has a knack of selecting great casks for exclusive bottlings. In 2016 – for their 10th Anniversary – dozens of bottlings appeared. One of them was this single cask of Caperdonich 1995 from the warehouses of...

Score 89/100

Caperdonich 34 Year Old 1972 Duncan Taylor for LMdW

A little over a year ago, I discovered this Caperdonich at a tasting. Thanks to my whiskybuddy Chris, I was able to secure a big sample, which I gladly will try again today. After all, this is Caperdonich 1972, a great year, maybe even the best, for this Speysider. It was bottled for the French retailer La Maison du Whisky. The nose starts...

Score 92/100