Glenfarclas 30 Year Old

Glenfarclas 30 Year Old

Plums and raisin bread, and some latex paint, on the nose. There was toffee as well and something creamy but difficult to describe. A bit like mayonnaise, the latex paint again… something sweet and creamy a little like candy but without any sharpness. The whisky was very, very smooth.

Score 100/100

Glenfarclas 30 Year Old

Last Friday I came home from a long day of work and had just got into the store, plopped down in front of my PC to check emails, only to have my wife come into the living room with a surprise. A package. A package from The Grove distillery! Holy crap! I hadn't been expecting any packages so I eagerly rip the package open to find a sample bottle,...

Score 85/100

Glenfarclas 30 Year Old

Glenfarclas, which is still a family company, boasts the fact that it delivers wonderful whiskies at a reasonable Price. That is the least one can say of this whisky. Matured for three decades and still only around 150 EUR. Now, let us taste! The nose is, surprisingly enough, rather closed. My first reaction after the initial whiff is ‘the herbal...

Score 82/100

Glenfarclas 30 Year Old

Nose: Purple grape: flesh, skins, seeds and all. There is a sophisticated misty bitterness of almond and black caffeine (cocoa), and you may also find toffee/marshmallow. Palate: Enters smoothly and understatedly: raw cashews and fairly thin caramel, muted like leather mocha (steamed bulgur). The palate grows, with sharper caramel and perhaps...

Score 87/100