Caperdonich 33 Year Old Rum Cask

Product Description

Single cask limited to 336 numbered bottles. Thirty-three year old Caperdonich distilled 1973 & bottled 2006 by Douglas Laing for the Old & Rare Platinum selection. Finished in an ex-Rum cask for 6-months prior to bottling. Caperdonich Caperdonich Distillery was founded in 1897 & its two stills were fired up a year later. Caperdonich Distillery was situated beside the North of Scotland Railway in the north west corner of Rothes in Scotland’s Speyside whisky region & was established at a time when whisky sales were on the up & up. But Caperdonich Distillery opened just as whisky sales crashed & subsequent wars & prohibition inhibited its recovery. & having closed in 1902 it remained mothballed until 1965 when the stills were fired up once again. It closed once more in 2002, & now that we have finally come to appreciate the complexity & depth of Caperdonich malt whisky.. .... demolished in 2011. Caperdonich whisky was intended primarily for blended scotch but a small volume has been released by independent bottles as Caperdonich single malt whisky. A lost Scottish Speyside malt whisky distillery. The nose attractively combines buttery & creamy qualities with citrus fruit, honey & gentle spices. The palate is rich & sweet variously highlighting butterscotch, vanilla & that same earlier citric perhaps even red berried fruit character
- all running to a finish which is lightly oaked, distinctly spiced still citric with a wagging tail of light late smoke.