Glenfarclas 1969 The Family Casks III

Glenfarclas 10 Year Old

Glenfarclas, the fiercely independent distillery in Speyside, won a gold medal in the recent Malt Maniac Awards for their 40 Year Old. While I have not yet had the honor of tasting that one, I do have four others in my cabinet, so let's give those a go, shall we? We'll start with the youngest in the current core range: the 10 Year Old. The nose is...

Score 77/100

Glenfarclas 25 Year Old

Had a miniature of this and the 21 year old come free with a bottle of the excellent 15. Nose. Big sherry and Kola Kubes (a british cola favoured sweet). Palate. savoury initially with surprisingly white grapes and digestive biscuits, nutty and then raisins and sherry, lots of sherry. Finish is quite short, with surprisngly a little peat. I...

Score 91/100

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

Glenfarclas '105'

This is a muscular malt. Big in every way: Big Sherry, Big Toffee, Big Raisin, Big Alcohol. This is like the 15yr on steroids! But with just as warm a heart. This is Jimi Hendrix and the 15 is Segovia. Both creative, soulful forces of nature but maybe one was more sheltered as a child. Another sherried tour de force. Classic Speyside. Try this...

Score 90/100