Glenfarclas 1979 Port Pipe

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old

Picked this one up in November of 2015 and popped it open tonight. Nose - Sweet and woody fresh ripe oak coupled with strong hints of dried fruit and raisins. Moving along we get butterscotch with grapes on the side. Add to that some brown sugar, and big sherry with the slightest hint of char and extremely faint smoke. This is one potent and...

Score 88/100

Glenfarclas 25 Year Old bottled 1970s

My Glenfarclas 25 Year Old is also an older version, bottled in the early 90s. So this must be a distillate of the late 60s. On the back of the label is the name of the – presumably – long gone Belgian importer. This is – presumably – a very good whisky. Again the nose swoons you with lovely sherry aromas like stewed and dark fruits, roasted...

Score 85/100

Glenfarclas 17 Year Old

We Yanks don’t have access to the highly praised Glenfarclas 15 year old, so we have to content ourselves with its younger and older siblings. The 12 and 17 yo’s are closest in age, and I find myself going back and forth as to which I prefer. The 12 is rich and malty, albeit a bit one-dimensional, whereas the 17 is more layered and balanced, but...

Score 87/100

Glenfarclas '105'

The third Glenfarclas from the core range (after the 10 and 15 year old) is this '105'. The number refers to the fact that it's 'overproof' with an ABV of 60%. The bottle has no age statement, but I've been told it's at least 10 years old. It was first released in 1968, which was something of a milestone as that was the first time ever that a cask...

Score 87/100