Caperdonich 33 Year Old Rum Cask

Single cask limited to 336 numbered bottles. Thirty-three year old Caperdonich distilled 1973 and bottled 2006 by Douglas Laing for the Old & Rare Platinum selection. Finished in an ex-Rum cask for 6-months prior to bottling.

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.

The nose attractively combines buttery and creamy qualities with citrus fruit, honey and gentle spices. The palate is rich and sweet variously highlighting butterscotch, vanilla and that same earlier citric perhaps even red berried fruit character - all running to a finish which is lightly oaked, distinctly spiced still citric with a wagging tail of light late smoke.