Craigellachie 1990 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Craigellachie 17 Year Old

Maybe regional designations don't matter much anymore, but I tend to think of "typical" Speyside whisky as _honey-flowers-cinnamon-vanilla-raisins_ and this Craigellachie is a bit different. It's from a sample a friend gave me. I don't know when the bottle was opened, nor do I know when the sample was poured. **Tasting Notes** * Nose...

Score 89/100

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

Neat at Hesperia Hotel, Madrid; what was once a superb joint for whisky lovers, that is, the Scotch Bar within the hotel, doesn't exist anymore: Hesperia has been acquired by Hyatt and the old dim-lit den is now another regular bar with a humongous screen for sports: no quietness, no comfort, no more special drams. It's becoming increasingly...

Score 86/100

Craigellachie 17 Year Old

Bacardi's new marketing of the Craigellachie single malt should be studied in an MBA program. Retro-cool packaging, wide distribution, big presence at whisky events and high quality product combine for what I'm sure is a very successful re-launch. The new expressions are 13, 17, 19 and 23 years old. I've tasted the 13 before, it's quite nice, and...

Score 89/100