Craigellachie 1973 32 Year Old Douglas Laing Platinum Selection

Craigellachie 13 Year Old

This is my first taste of Craigellachie thanks to @Wierdo for the sample. It makes a feature of using old-fashioned worm tubs and being something of a hark back to older times with the bumpf and packaging. Nose - Quite sharp and sour with rhubarb and ginger cordial, pears, strong on the barley, a hint of caramels from a Quality Street tin and a...

Score 84/100

Craigellachie 13 Year Old

Craigellachie is a lesser known malt that was re-launched by the owners in the Last Great Malts series. Dewar’s & Sons presented their new line-up of this Speysider in 2014 with a 13, 17, 19 (travel retail), 23 and even 31 Year Old. Let me try the entry level malt of 13 years which matured on American oak. The nose keeps you waiting for a...

Score 79/100

Craigellachie 12 Year Old 1971 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

The oldest bottler in Scotland is Gordon & Macphail. In 2020 they celebrated their 125th anniversary. The Connoisseurs Choice is one of their oldest and most popular ranges and has undergone quite a few changes in looks over the decades. I’m trying an oldie today, a 12 years old Craigellachie from 1971, bottled in the early 1980s. The label...

Score 86/100

Craigellachie 17 Year Old

This was a generous sample given to me by a very good friend; I decided to pop it open on a beautiful spring day, and boy does it fit for the occasion.. a surprising characteristic of most good whiskies ;) On the nose: truth be told, based on the color, I initially assumed a bourbon cask, but on the first few whiffs, I'm getting raisins, sun...

Score 88/100