Caperdonich 39 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & MacPhail

Caperdonich 35 Year Old 1972 Duncan Taylor Rare Auld

I have tried quite a few Caperdonich 1972 and they are all amazing. This bottling from Duncan Taylor, under their Rare Auld banner, was bottled for Belgian company The Nectar. It too is an amazing Caper. Oh, my god! The nose is like a fruit salade, but very complex and waxy. Juicy fruit, mind you. Apricots, peach, banana, coconut, pears, oranges....

Score 91/100

Caperdonich Berry Brothers Tasting

The following is an honest account of my experience at a recent Berry Brothers & Rudd tasting. We were greeted with a sweet cherry cocktail as we walked into the clubhouse of the Jumeirah Golf Estates, one of the many developments that have sprung up around the outskirts of Dubai. They call it but the phrase that came to my mind was more...

Score 72/100

Caperdonich 37yo, 1972 Duncan Taylor, Rare Auld C#7416

I recently tasted this Caperdonich for a second time in an “old speyside vertical” along with a 77 Glenlivet from Whisky Doris and a 74 Jack Wiebers Longmorn. It was a high quality trio but the Caperdonich stood a level above its companions. The Longmorn was rich and quite wonderful on first nosing but, in time, began to break down, losing some...

Score 91/100

Caperdonich Batch 3 That Boutique-y Whisky Company

Caperdonich is popular (because it is such a grand whisky), that is no secret. That Boutique-y Whisky Company knows this, after all this is already their third no age statement release from this lost Speysider. The nose is honeysweet, but pretty dry. It prickles, despite the modest ABV. Applesauce, gooseberries, leather, mint. Then vanilla ice...

Score 87/100