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This Caperdonich was bottled by the bottler Lady of the Glen, a 19 year old, at 54%. Tropical fruit, wax and a creamy oat run through it. Caperdonich was the sister distillery of Glen Grant, across the road in Rothes. It made a creamy, fruity Speyside malt, distinct from its sister Glen Grant. This is a rare single malt from a distillery now gone.
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The bottler Lady of the Glen bottled this Caperdonich, a 19 year old, bottled at 54%, one of 120 bottles. Caperdonich was a Speyside distillery in Rothes, closed in 2002 and since demolished. Chivas released a Secret Speyside range of official Caperdonich in 2019, aged eighteen to thirty years.
The spirit was drawn off the tall stills on Caperdonich Burn water, for a delicate Speyside spirit with a creamy lift. First fill bourbon gave it a fuller vanilla and a touch of coconut. Into oxidative maturity, slow air ingress builds fruity ethyl esters (pear and pineapple) and a waxiness. The tall, Glen Grant style stills give a light spirit that ages with grace. It was rarely bottled as a single malt in its lifetime, so most come from independents. Long ageing turns the fresh pear towards mango, beeswax and a polished oak. Ethyl esters built over the years lend the pear and tropical fruit of old Caperdonich. No more will ever be made, the distillery silent since 2002.
Undiluted at 54%, it is layered. Apple, pear and a soft honey, with a soft vanilla from the oak. A baked pear and a soft spice lift it. The finish is deep, waxy and tropical. This is a creamy, tropical Speyside single malt of real age.
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