Caperdonich 20 Year Old Octave Cask Duncan Taylor

Caperdonich 20 Year Old 1992 Creative Whisky Company

Sketch the Soul! This is the name of the artwork on the label, from the American fantasy and metal artist Tony Koehl. This bottling is the first in a series of three by David Stirk’s Creative Whisky Company. It is a Caperdonich that was distilled on 2 October 1992 and matured for 20 years. Only 300 bottles are available. Ah, now this is...

Score 89/100

Caperdonich 1972/2011 39 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail

Caperdonich distillery is located at the northern end of Moraytown Village in Rothes and began its existence in 1897 under the name “Glen Grant #2”. It was founded by J. & J. Grant, the same people that had also built Glen Grant distillery. In 1902 Glen Grant #2 closed its doors again, as a consequence of the crisis induced by the Pattinson...

Score 87/100

Caperdonich - 38 Year Old 1972 Malts of Scotland

This is a H2H tasting note of two bottles, sistercasks from Malts of Scotland, i.e. the Caperdonich 38 Year Old 1972/2011, sherry hogsheads 1144 that yielded 98 bottles and sherry hogshead 1145 that yielded 76 bottles. The ABV's are 57,4% for cask 1144 and 52,4% for cask 1145. Further on, to make the note somewhat more readable, I'll simply refer...

Score 93/100

Caperdonich 21 Year Old 1992 A.D. Rattray Cask 121124

At the festival of Independent Bottlers I took to A.D. Rattray samples, both single cask bottlings of Caperdonich. Sister casks, both put to sleep in 1992, both bottled in 2014 at cask strength. I will put them head-to-head, ending with this 21 Year Old, cask 121124. It has a sweet nose on Turkish Delight, soft apples, lime and a hint of grain...

Score 84/100