45,5°
Distillery : Caperdonich - Speyside
Hogsheads
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2019
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Lightly Peated
It is still Chivas Brothers that has taken the initiative of releasing these aged bottlings from distilleries that have nurtured various Blends for decades, as part of this Secret Speyside Collection range. Here we have a 25-year-old Caperdonich, from a distillery that closed in 2002 and was destroyed in 2011. So it's one of the last witnesses of a time gone forever. Here we have the peated version; I'll talk about the unpeated version soon. The peat is light, a little less than 20 ppm in my opinion. The ageing is marked by the influence of Bourbon, these are Hogsheads, but I suspect the presence of American oak. The bottles are numbered, and I know there are at least 7500 of them.
Let's Taste It :
Light, slightly candied lemon, dusty peat, gravel, ripe yellow plums and crushed bananas. Chimney smoke, white peaches, fresh and airy iodine notes, more or less floral and sweet, stiffly beaten eggs, pastry cream. On the palate, still lots of fruit, green apples, sweet pears, the peat is barely perceptible, but brings some dirtiness, which creates a nice contrast. Rose loukoum, then timid spices, cloves, nutmeg. Quite a long, deep finish, a few drops of soot, warm chestnuts, delicate woodiness, melted churn butter, the kind you put on croissants.
In Short,
Quite typical of the distillery, it's light, lemony and quite fruity. The peat is discreet, giving fullness to the nose, but crushing the flavours a little. The alcohol content is low; all the other whiskies I tasted that day were much stronger, so my score may be a little harsh. In any case, it's very expensive for what it is, admittedly this is a closed distillery, but a limited edition of over 7,000 copies is not a rare edition.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Meg Baird - Through Eyes and Glass
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