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Caperdonich 1996 Cadenhead's 16 Year Old

Lot: 272165

Caperdonich 1996 Cadenhead's 16 Year Old

Winning Bid: £115

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caperdonich
Age: 
16 Year Old
Vintage: 
1996
Region: 
Speyside
Bottler: 
Wm. Cadenhead
Cask Type: 
Bourbon Hogshead
Bottled Strength: 
51.5%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Caperdonich 1996 Cadenhead's 16 Year Old

Caperdonich distillery was built next-door to Glen Grant in 1892, and for much of its history was known simply as Glen Grant 2. Expansion via additional distillery has been a method used by several producers over the years, but Glen Grant was the first. Glen Grant 2 was only open for 4 years after being built, and remained closed until 1965 when demand in Italy for Glen Grant single malt meant the second distillery was once again required to meet the needs of the blenders. Now legally required to have a different name, the site was christened Caperdonich. Glen Grant sold it on to Seagram in 1977, who continued to use it for blending purposes until they were wound up in the early 2000s. Pernod-Ricard acquired many of their assets in the Scotch industry in 2001, including Caperdonich which they shut down the following year. Its single malt was only briefly officially bottled while in operation, with further distillery bottlings only appearing from Pernod-Ricard in recent years. Production in its later years was high however, and many independent bottlings of this hidden Speyside gem have been produced.

This whisky was distilled in 1996 and laid to rest in a bourbon hogshead for 16 years before being bottled by Cadenhead's in February 2013. 

Wm. Cadenhead is Scotland’s oldest independent bottler, founded in 1842 by George Duncan. His brother William Cadenhead joined the company in 1952, taking over after George’s death in 1958. The company got into the whisky bottling business after 1904, when his nephew Robert Duthie took over, and since its sale to J&A Mitchell in 1972, Wm. Cadenhead has become on of the most sought after names in whisky.

One of 288 bottles.

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