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The retailer Master of Malt’s Caperdonich, a 24 year old, at 52.6%. Pear, vanilla and a green mint over a waxy body, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Rarely bottled in its lifetime, most Caperdonich comes from independents. It was built as Glen Grant No.2 in 1898 and closed in 2002. This is a characterful relic of the lost Caperdonich.
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From the retailer Master of Malt, a 24 year old Caperdonich, bottled at 52.6%. Caperdonich, once Glen Grant No.2, ran in Rothes until Pernod Ricard closed it in 2002. A pipeline known as the whisky pipe once carried its spirit across the road to Glen Grant.
This was distilled in tall stills with their spherical condensation zone, for a delicate Speyside spirit with a creamy lift. A sherry cask gave dried fruit and a dark, nutty sweetness. Oxidative, evaporative ageing turns the malt rich and waxy, ethereal esters and a faint sotolon (maple). The cool Speyside air gave a slow, even maturation in the Rothes warehouses. The oily, waxy texture is a mark of well aged Caperdonich. It reopened in 1965 to feed Glen Grant's booming Italian trade, and took the Caperdonich name in 1977. It closed in 1902 after the Pattison crash, lying silent for over sixty years. Closed in 2002 and later demolished, its profile is fixed for good.
At 52.6%, undiluted, it is deep and fruity. A waxy, pear scented fruitiness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Beneath it run pear, cream and a soft mint. The finish is long, fruity and waxy. This is the soft, fruity ghost of Glen Grant's sister.
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