Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & MacPhail

Name: Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & MacPhail
Brand: Caperdonich
Price: 720.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

£720.00 GBP

£600.00 ex VAT

Sale Sold out

Spicy

Fruity

Revisit a lost Speyside gem with Caperdonich 39 Year Old – 1972 Vintage, Connoisseurs Choice (bottled 2011). Read more

Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & MacPhail

£720.00 GBP

£600.00 ex VAT

Sale Sold out

Gift Wrap

Quantity

Bottle Information

Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail

Cask Type: First Fill Sherry Butt

Type: Single Malt Scotch

Volume: 70cl

Region: Speyside

Vintage: 1972

Age: 39 Year Old

ABV: 46.00%

Tasting Notes

Nose: heavily sherried notes, almond influences - marzipan and Christmas cake influences - rich fruits. Palate: mouth drying, prominent sweetness, fruity influences with a delicate dark chocolate edge.

Revisit a lost Speyside gem with Caperdonich 39 Year Old – 1972 Vintage, Connoisseurs Choice (bottled 2011). Distilled when the distillery was still known locally as “Glen Grant No. 2,” this single malt slumbered for nearly four decades in a single first‑fill sherry butt before being released by Gordon & MacPhail as part of their revered Connoisseurs Choice series. Closed since 2002 and long since dismantled, Caperdonich lives on only in rare casks like this—showcasing a sublime union of orchard‑fruit elegance, opulent sherry richness and polished antique oak.

Why We Think You’ll Love It

Closed distillery rarity: one of the final mature Caperdonich casks—an irreplaceable slice of Speyside history.
39 years in a 1st‑fill sherry butt create unrivalled depth: dark fruit, chocolate, spice and polished oak.
Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail for the Connoisseurs Choice series, famed for curating exceptional single malts.
Natural colour and non‑chill‑filtered, preserving the whisky’s velvet texture and fully developed complexity.
A crown‑jewel collectible for enthusiasts of silent stills and luxurious long‑aged sherried malts.

Savour this majestic Caperdonich and journey back to a bygone Speyside era—where orchard sweetness, sumptuous sherry and four decades of quiet maturation converge in a dram of timeless sophistication.

Approved by

The Distillery

Caperdonich Distillery, established in 1897 beside the North of Scotland Railway in the northwestern corner of Rothes, fired up its two stills just a year later. Unfortunately, it opened during a downturn in whisky demand and closed in 1902, remaining mothballed until 1965 before permanently shutting down in 2002. Demolished in 2011, Caperdonich remains a lost Scottish Speyside malt whisky distillery, with most of its production historically destined for blended Scotch. However, a small volume of Caperdonich whisky still appears through independent bottlers, notably in the Old & Rare single cask releases by Hunter Laing, preserving this distillery’s memory for whisky enthusiasts and collectors worldwide.

View all Caperdonich whiskies