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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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July 5, 2018 |
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Sadly, Caperdonich’s a name that the new generations will never hear of. Remember Glen Grant #2? Apparently there aren’t many left at the indies (or at the brokers) while as for the glorious early 1972s, they seem to be gone gone gone. |
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Caperdonich 21 yo 1994/2016 (59.6%, Hunter Laing, Platinum Old & Rare, hogshead, 200 bottles) 
Colour: white wine. Nose: it’s sharp and a bit narrow, on green apples, green barley, lime, and rhubarb. Very blade-y, apparently, but water may change that. With water: perhaps a little banana skin, and a little chalk? Mouth (neat): a perfect, simple, well-made, fruity Speysider. A whole fruit salad, with rather more citrus than usual. Green apples and pears as well. With water: pears win it. Finish: medium, more citrusy again. It keeps hesitating between citrus and green apples and pears, in other words. Comments: sadly not quite in the style of the glorious, say 1972s, but quality remained pretty high. Very fine fruity (orchardy) distillate.
SGP:651 - 85 points. |
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Caperdonich 22 yo 1994/2017 (49.8%, Maltbarn, 201 bottles)
Colour: straw. Nose: interesting, this one has quite a lot of sunflower oil, fresh hazelnuts and almonds, fresh barley, wee whiffs of fresh putty… Yes you got it, it’s quite fresh and differently fruity. Mouth: a tad unusual, with touches of citric peat at first, then good ale, vanilla, a wee touch of aniseed, some white peaches, and some kind of sweet mushroom. I find it rather complex, even if these notes are short. My bad. Finish: medium, with a lovely grassy earthiness and notes of orange squash. The fresh nuts ‘straight from the trees’ are still there as well. Comments: a tad more complex than the previous one, and with less pears. Both were very good nonetheless.
SGP:551 - 87 points. |
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Caperdonich 20 yo 1994/2015 (53.5%, Single Cask Collection, sherry hogshead, cask #96540, 254 bottles)
This one from the older boxes that we often need to build proper tasting flights. Colour: pale gold. Nose: totally in the style of the Hunter Laing, with just a tad more ale-y notes. Mouth: same comments, this is very good. White cherries, perhaps, maraschino… On top of all the rest. Finish: rather long, fruity, with a good oily and very barley-y texture. Nice touches of almonds – which goes well with the cherries. Some almondy beer, does that exist? Most probably… Comments: all extremely fine.
SGP:551 - 85 points. |
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