Cragganmore 11 Year Old 2000 Provenance Douglas Laing

Cragganmore 1997 Distillers Edition

I was pleasantly surprised with the ‘regular’ Cragganmore 12 Year Old (although I’ve not yet made formal tasting notes for it, which I should do one day). So the expectations were that this Distillers Edition from 1997, bottled in 2010 would be similarly pleasant. The bottle code CggD-6562 is a bit of a riddle to me, but I do remember from last...

Score 83/100

Cragganmore SMWS 37.113 Biscuit Bisque

Another sample from @wierdo, cheers mate! Ive only ever had the standard OB of Cragganmore and that was years ago at the K Club in Ireland (golf) so who knows how long it had sat on the shelf. Still, I enjoyed it and often think of getting a bottle but the presentation to cost ratio is rather prohibitive. I was a bit gutted to miss out on...

Score 85/100

Cragganmore 2005 Distillers Edition (bottled 2018)

Nose: smells exactly as I hoped it would. Clean malt and a luscious bouquet of fruit. All kinds of fruit, too: citrus, grape, cherries, red berries. Yet for all that fruit it doesn't smell like port; the casks are in perfect harmony with the malt and the fruitiness comes across as natural to this whisky rather than added on. Like the standard...

Score 93/100

Cragganmore 20 Year Old 1999 Diageo Special Releases 2020

This Speyside malt slept for two decades on refill and freshly charred casks. Wonderfully fruity nose on melon, grass, hint of ointment (!), kiwi and quince. And a hint of green banana. Very creamy on the palate. Round and full of taste. Sweet on both white fruit and citrus fruit. Something of Cointreau. Wow! Nicely long finish on orange...

Score 87/100