Caperdonich 21 Year Old 1994 Xtra Old Particular at The Whisky Barrel – Scotch Whisky News
September 22nd, 2015
Caperdonich 21 Year Old 1994 Xtra Old Particular
21 Year Old 1994
Buy – $201.23
Caperdonich 21 Year Old 1994 vintage Speyside single malt Scotch whiskey. Single cask refill hogshead #10769 bottled July 2015 by Douglas Laing & Co. for the Xtra Old Particular series. 270 bottles.
TASTING NOTES
Nose: Massively spiced (dryly) initially warms to exotic fruit, malt & light oak.
Palate: Soft/complex – builds to honey, barley, golden syrup, citrus & vanilla.
Finish: Complex with its soft spices, barley, butterscotch, mocha & biscuit.
Caperdonich
Caperdonich Distillery was founded in 1897 and 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 and was established at a time when whisky sales were on the up and up. But Caperdonich Distillery opened just as whisky sales crashed and subsequent wars and prohibition inhibited its recovery. And having closed in 1902 it remained mothballed until 1965 when the stills were fired up once again. It closed once more in 2002, and now that we have finally come to appreciate the complexity and 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.
