Chivas Brothers / 1988, 16 Years Old, Cask Strength Edition

Chivas Brothers

Caperdonich

1988, 16 Years Old, Cask Strength Edition

ABV 55.8%
REVIEWED Issue 50

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Specifications

Brand: Caperdonich, Chivas Brothers
Expression: 1988, 16 Years Old, Cask Strength Edition
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: 16 years old
Year of bottling: 2005
ABV: 55.8%
Country/Region: Scotland / Speyside
Bottling type: Independent Bottling

Tasting notes

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Fragrant. Icing sugar, freesia, lemon, wood shavings (becoming like balsa wood), light vanilla. Hint of plasticene behind. Becomes drier, but still with cut flower stems, jasmine.
Palate: Very sweet. Gooseberry, green apple, just ripe melon. An interesting mix of fragrant flowers, light spice and firm oakiness. Holds well in glass.
Finish: Slightly grippy.
Comment: Fragrant and fine. A Caperdonich? I'm amazed.

8.0

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Figs.
Palate: Like eating a fresh fig. Seedy. Sweet. Crystalised fruits, sprayed with sugar. Fig Newtons. Biscuity. Floury. Dusty. Falls away.
Finish: Stingingly warming.
Comment: Promises more than it delivers. Try it with sweet Turkish coffee or espresso.

7.8

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