Caperdonich 1968 39 Year Old Duncan Taylor Rare Auld

Duncan Taylor The Octave - Caperdonich 1972

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 will start with this 38 Year Old of which the cask only yielded 70 bottles, to be followed by a twin cask, also 38 years old, also from 1972, that yielded only 71 bottles and was...

Score 89/100

Caperdonich 1969 by G&M

So, Demolished distillery bottling, are they tastier? or are we just missing those distilleries which will never operate again? That is a good question I need to devote an entire post to, or even a poll, but until then we’ll give Caperdonich the benefit of the doubt, as it is one of those distilleries that ceased to operate but yielded wonderful...

Score 90/100

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 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