Caperdonich 1972 34 Year Old Duncan Taylor

Caperdonich 24 Year Old 1992 Duncan Taylor The Octave

After several years of maturation on bourbon casks, this Caper was given a finish on Octaves, small casks that ensure more interaction between the whisky and the wood. Only 51 bottles were drawn from this little cask at a relatively low strength. Here we go. Soft nose on white fruit with the emphasis on sweet and sour Granny Smith apples. Icing...

Score 84/100

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 18 Year Old 1996 Blackadder Raw Cask

Blackadder’s unique selling point is undoubtedly the cask residue on the bottom of each bottle. They are called Raw Cask for a reason, although that also refers to the cask strength. About 5 years ago they bottled this Caperdonich 1996. A very pale dram. The nose shows all the traits of a bourbon cask: grain cookies, vanilla, coconut, white...

Score 86/100

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