Caperdonich 1972 vintage Matured in a 1st fill sherry butt, this is a fresh, fruity & spicy single malt. Distilled March 1972 & bottled August 2011 by Gordon & Mac Phail for the Connoisseurs Choice series. Previous bottlings of this vintage have been sublime. 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. On the nose: heavily sherried notes, almond influences
- marzipan & Christams cake influences
- rich fruits. Palate: mouth drying, prominent sweetness, fruity influences with a delicate dark chocolate edge.