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Caperdonich 1966-1996 - 30 Year Old - Signatory Vintage - Single Cask 133 - Miniature


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Caperdonich 1966-1996 - 30 Year Old - Signatory Vintage - Single Cask 133 - Miniature
Caperdonich 1966-1996 - 30 Year Old - Signatory Vintage - Single Cask 133 - Miniature
LOT ID: 1023-159

Winning Bid
£52.50

End Date: 03 Jan 2024
Caperdonich 1966-1996 - 30 Year Old - Signatory Vintage Miniature
Caperdonich 1966-1996 - 30 Year Old - Signatory Vintage Miniature
LOT ID: 699

Winning Bid
£52.00

End Date: 02 Mar 2016
Caperdonich 1966-1996 - 30 Year Old - Signatory Vintage Miniature
Caperdonich 1966-1996 - 30 Year Old - Signatory Vintage Miniature
LOT ID: 702

Winning Bid
£72.00

End Date: 02 Mar 2016

Caperdonich 1966-1996 - 30 Year Old - Signatory Vintage - Single Cask 133 - Miniature

Caperdonich 1966 - 1996. 30 Year Old. Bottled by Signatory Vintage. Cask number 133. One of 180 bottles matured in a Sherry Cask. 5cl. 53.4%.

Distillery:  Caperdonich

Distillery Status:  Working

Bottler: Signatory Vintage

Region: Speyside

Distilled Year: 1966

Bottling Year: 1996

Age: 30

Bottles Produced: 180

Limited Edition: yes

Cask Number: 133

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 5cl / 50ml

ABV: 53.4%

Built in 1897 as an extension of Glen Grant, Caperdonich distillery was initially named Glen Grant 2, but operated only until 1902 before being mothballed for 63 years. The distillery reopened in 1965, was soon renamed Caperdonich and ran under owners Chivas Brothers until 2002. Caperdonich was sold to the neighbouring Forsyth’s coppersmiths in 2010 and later demolished, though the stills survive at the new Falkirk distillery and Owl distillery in Belgium.

Caperdonich’s whisky was generally very slow-maturing, and was sadly underrated during the distillery’s lifetime. The only official bottling from this period was a rare 1970s 5-year-old for Italy, but Chivas have subsequently released some excellent small batch vintage whiskies, including some of the peated whisky Caperdonich made towards the end of its life. Long-aged indie Caperdonichs from the 1960s and 1970s are usually superb.

Signatory Vintage Whisky Company was founded by Andrew Symington in 1988 after a spell as assistant manager at the Prestonfield House Hotel, where he had the opportunity to buy a cask of Glenlivet 1968. A robust and canny businessman, Symington had soon acquired some outstanding parcels of casks from great distilleries, and quickly established a reputation among single malt fans for good value, high quality single casks, the majority of which were released at full strength.

Throughout the 1990s and beyond, Signatory released outstanding whisky from Ardbeg, Glenfarclas, Springbank and many more, with frequently remarkable examples of lost or obscure distilleries. Soon established as one of the leading new wave independent bottlers, Symington was also an early exponent of bottling whiskies without colouring or chill filtration, a policy that has also served Signatory well at their Edradour distillery, which was purchased in 2002.