Cragganmore 26 Year Old 1993 The Octave (Duncan Taylor) cask 4220859 70cl, 53.6%

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Tasting Notes

Colour: Deep amber gold.

Nose: Honey, dried flowers, raisins, vanilla and polished oak, with a soft thread of spice.

Palate: Rich malt, honeyed fruit, sherried sweetness, sandalwood, gentle smoke and warming oak spice.

Finish: Long, balanced and warming, with lingering dried fruit, oak and a faint smoky edge.

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Description

Cragganmore 26 Year Old 1993 The Octave (Duncan Taylor) cask 4220859 70cl, 53.6% is a mature single-cask Speyside single malt released by Duncan Taylor for The Octave Premium series. Distilled in 1993 and bottled in 2019 at 26 years old, it was finished in a sherry octave cask and released in a very small run, giving it a strong combination of age, cask identity and rarity.

What makes this bottle especially appealing is the way it pairs long-aged Cragganmore spirit with Duncan Taylor’s Octave style. Cragganmore’s official house character is known for floral fragrances, honey, vanilla, firm malt and gentle wood smoke, and with this release that profile should sit beneath deeper sherried richness from the octave finish, creating a more layered and collectible expression than a standard distillery bottling.

Why Choose Cragganmore 26 Year Old 1993 The Octave (Duncan Taylor) cask 4220859 70cl, 53.6%

stands out because it offers several things serious buyers look for in one bottle: a named distillery, a clear vintage, a single cask reference, a proper 26 year age statement and a confirmed small outturn. The sherry octave finish adds extra character and helps set it apart from more routine mature Speyside releases.

Ideal For.

This bottle is ideal for collectors building a range of Duncan Taylor The Octave releases and wanting a clearly identified mature Cragganmore with original cask number.

It is ideal for drinkers who enjoy older Speyside single malt with honeyed, floral distillery character supported by richer sherried depth and oak spice.

It is also ideal for buyers looking for a genuinely low-outturn single cask rather than a standard ongoing bottling.

Product Details

Product Name: Cragganmore 26 Year Old 1993 The Octave (Duncan Taylor) cask 4220859 70cl, 53.6%.

Category: Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

Region: Speyside. This follows Cragganmore’s established Speyside identity.

Distillery: Cragganmore.

Bottler: Duncan Taylor.

Series: The Octave Premium.

Vintage: 1993.

Bottling Year: 2019.

Age Statement: 26 Years Old.

Cask Type: Sherry Octave Cask Finish.

Cask Number: 4220859.

Bottle Size: 70cl.

ABV: 53.6%.

Bottle Count: 83 bottles.

Bottle Number Shown: 79/83 in the reviewed listing.

Collector’s Note

This bottle has strong collector appeal because it combines mature age, single-cask identity and a very small outturn. A 26 year old Cragganmore is already attractive on paper, but once that is tied to The Octave Premium range and a release of only 83 bottles, it becomes much more than a simple older Speyside bottling.

It is also appealing because Cragganmore is not as commonly seen in highly specific old single-cask releases as some other Speyside names, so a bottle like this has a cleaner, more distinctive collector profile. The precise vintage, bottling year and cask number all add to that sense of definition. This is a collector-focused inference based on the verified release details.

Additional information

Weight 2.10 kg