Glenfarclas 1952 The Family Casks

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

Glenfarclas 30 Year Old

I've saved the best for the last! Odd little way to start a whisky review, but it's true. My wife had bought me a whisky advent calender from Master of Malt that was made up of 24 different whiskies, from all over the world, different styles, all the good stuff. I'd decided to start the calender with whiskies that I'd already had and had...

Score 92/100

Glenfarclas '105'

A big full on, no nonsense whisky from speyside gaints Glenfarclas. Bottled at cask strength, non chill filtered and taylor made for a sweet tooth like me. * Nose: rich, buttery, fat, caramel, toffee, butterscotch cough sweets. With Water even more cough sweets, but it’s also fruitier, pears and raisins also a note of Kirsch (cherry liqueur). *...

Score 86/100

Glenfarclas '105'

Tasted both Glenfarclas 105 and Aberlour A'bunadh recently. I favor the 105. My rating below is for the 105. I think someone who really likes bourbon would favor the A'bunadh. That's not me. I like scotch far more than bourbon. I also tasted the Glendronach 15 Revival for the first time. It's not as good as I thought it would be. Frankly, I found...

Score 87/100