Glenfarclas 1955 Sherry Cask The Family Casks

Glenfarclas 2008 family casks – Israel Exclusive cask # 2432

Good times for Whisky in Israel, as the market is growing and it’s high time for a Glenfarclas Family cask for the Israeli market, don’t you think? This cask was selected by the guys at ‘Wine Route’ which are also the GF importers to Israel. This is quite a young cask, distilled in 2008, and bottled in 2017, making it only 9 yo. It’s bottled at...

Score 89/100

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 10 Year Old

I figured that I would probably like Glenfarclas, so I tried their entry level one at the bar for one glass. My memory and notes on it from weeks ago was that it just tasted cheap, almost like a budget blend. No point in going any further.

Score 69/100

Glenfarclas 17 Year Old bottled 1990s

Glenfarclas is one of the few distilleries in Scotland that is still in family hands. Since 1865 the Grants family has been at the helm. John Grant, 5th generation, will in due course leave the company in the hands of his son George, i.e. 6th generation. But that’s for the future. I’m tasting an ‘old’ Glenfarclas today. Old as in bottled before...

Score 85/100