Caperdonich 1969 34 Year Old Duncan Taylor

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 1992/2012 20 Year Old Duncan Taylor Octave Cask

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. Sadly, Glen Grant #2 closed its doors again in 1902 as a consequence of the crisis induced by the...

Score 85/100

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

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