Craigellachie 13 Year Old 1999 Signatory

Craigellachie 9 Year Old 2004 Hepburn's Choice

Craigellachie is a working horse that spits around 4 million liters of spirit out of its stills every year. Yet it is not a very well-known malt. This has everything to do with the fact that the lion’s share of production disappears into Dewar’s blend, with their White Horse label as the most important client. So we have to look at independent...

Score 68/100

Craigellachie 11 Year Old 1999 Commitment to Malt

Commitment to Malt is a Dutch whisky club with plenty of members. They often bottle single malts for them (I have tasted a few and even have three of their Auchentoshan in my collection, thanks to my Dutch friend Imanuel). The new bottles finally have a lable worth looking at. This 11 Year Old is a distillate from 1999. The nose is very prickly....

Score 78/100

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 13 Year Old

Today we go to Day 2 of the Kensington Wine Market 2020 Whisky Advent Calendar, and it's one I have had before but haven't reviewed here: Craigellachie 13 Year Old. The colour is a dark gold. Rich on the nose with burnt sugar, caramel apple, tons of cloves and grilled tropical fruit (think mango and pineapple). Blood orange. Dark honey. Seems like...

Score 83/100