Caperdonich 1969 37 Year Old Duncan Taylor

Caperdonich 1992/2013 Creative Whisky Company

Caperdonich, a distillery from the 60’s building on the heritage of a long forgotten Speyside predecessor. Today with the single malt craze it would be unthinkable that another distillery would close its doors. But not so long ago in 2002 Pernod Ricard closed its newly acquisitioned distillery, sold it to Forsyths, who in turn knocked over the...

Score 84/100

Caperdonich 21 Year Old 2000 Signatory Vintage for The Nectar 15th Anniversary

For the 15th anniversary of Belgian importer The Nectar, a lot of new bottlings were presented at their top festival Spirits in the Sky. This is one of them, from a closed distillery to boot. This Caperdonich was distilled in 2000 and bottled at cask strength in 2021 by Signatory. Ah... how delicious Caper can be on the nose! Tropical fruits such...

Score 87/100

Caperdonich 20 Year Old 2000 Signatory Vintage

Signatory Vintage has no less than 48 releases of Caperdonich on record and this is one of them from 2000, bottled in those beautiful but clumsy decanters in 2021. Particularly interesting and aromatic nose on white fruit and almond paste. Anise and wood join in. It's a tad spicy on white pepper and something chemical that I can't describe other...

Score 78/100

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