Glenfarclas 150th Anniversary

Glenfarclas 1953 58 Year Old single cask

Cask #1674 containing the whisky filled on the 20th November 1953 was chosen by a group of four whisky experts we all know :Serge Valentin, who needs no introduction, Ben Ellefsen, Sales Director for Master of Malt Micha? Kowalski of Wealth Solutions and George Grant himself. All four agreed that this cask was the best available and well worth...

Score 96/100

Glenfarclas 43 Year Old 1968/2011 Pedro Domecq Manzanilla Sherry Cask 697

Luc Timmermans, Belgian ex-Malt Maniac and notorious Glenfarclas collector himself, selected this 1968 cask in person. Domecq Manzanilla is a very delicate Fino sherry, made from the Palomino grapes, which grows on the Spanish coast. The whisky is then solera-matured in bodegas in Sanlucar de Barramede, where the climate is less hot and more humid...

Score 91/100

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old

The Nose: Root beer float/vanilla cream soda and I mean that in the best way! Cream sherry, a little raisin-y, and a wisp of smoke. A rich and vibrant nose. The Palate: Smoooooth, luscious mouthfeel. Sweet honey tones and sherry notes drift into nice oak-y-ness. It's perhaps just a little harsh and young towards the end (the start of the finish?)....

Score 85/100

Glenfarclas '105'

NOSE (takes some water and time to open it up): creamy, big toffee note, honeyed hazelnuts, fruit cake covered with sugar powder, syrupy cherries and cola. TASTE: very rich and mouth-coating, toffee, sherry sweet, nutty, spicy, a bit of cola. FINISH: long, warming, toffee with a hint of cherries at the end. OVERALL IMPRESSION: rich on the nose,...

Score 94/100