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A.D. Rattray’s Caperdonich, a 26 year old, 1980, at 56.2%. Pear, vanilla and a green mint over a waxy body. Rarely bottled in its lifetime, most Caperdonich comes from independents. Caperdonich was the sister distillery of Glen Grant, across the road in Rothes. A pipeline once carried its make across the road to Glen Grant. This is one of Speyside’s vanished single malts.
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Description
A Caperdonich of a 26 year old chosen by A.D. Rattray, distilled in 1980, from cask 7349, bottled at 56.2%, one of 164 bottles. Caperdonich was the lesser known twin of Glen Grant, on Station Street in Rothes. Seagram bought it in 1977, and Pernod Ricard closed it in 2002.
This was worked through the distillery's four tall stills, building the fruity Caperdonich style. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, a soft vanilla beneath the fruit. In these late years the spirit concentrates to a waxy, tropical depth held in an ellagitannin frame. Caperdonich leaned to cream, pear and mint where Glen Grant showed green apple. Refill oak lets the soft, fruity Caperdonich character lead the way. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and coconut over the fruit. Years in oak round the spirit, the pear and cream deepening with age. Its four stills were dispersed, a pair going as far as Belgium and others to Falkirk. The distillery is gone, demolished in 2011, so what sleeps in cask is all there is.
At a natural 56.2% it is full and oily. A creamy, fruity sweetness, with a soft vanilla from the oak. Mango, pear and a soft vanilla fill the middle. The finish is long, fruity and waxy. This is Caperdonich, the lost twin of Glen Grant.
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