Glenfarclas 1972 29 Year Old Craigellachie Hotel

Glenfarclas 15 Year Old

With 15 year old sherry cask whiskies it's all about the sherry and power. On the nose it's sherry with a hint of wet wood and perhaps a bit of varnish. On its own you have more wood, sherry of course, I've been told that Turkish Delight is there but although I can sense sweetness this eludes me. Sweet and hot nuts like you get in pubs (or used...

Score 75/100

Glenfarclas 42 Year Old 1973 Cadenhead’s Authentic Collection

Glenfarclas is well-known for maturing on sherry casks, so you don’t see it that often on bourbon. Cadenhead’s from Campbeltown, however, bottled this single bourbon barrel some 4 years ago. The Glenfarclas spirit was allowed to mature for 42 long years. I reckon if the ABV wasn’t so close to the legal limit, they might have kept it a bit longer...

Score 89/100

Glenfarclas '105'

On the nose, sherry oak of course. Caramel and chocolate. Not overpowered with alcohol despite the ABV. Very tasty. Also got raisins and dates, and on some tastings I got a nutty profile. After tasting, butter toffee, like a skor bar, emerges in subsequent nosings. Arrival is initially harsh due to ABV. There is certainly sweetness with chocolate...

Score 86/100

Glenfarclas Family Cask 1995 Usquebaugh society NL

Nose: Feels young with quite a lot of dried fruit, apricot jam , ginger, new leather and orange rind. Some butterscotch ,very fresh. Palate: Lovely big entry with. Lot of ginger , chilly, and spice which in turn transforms into fig and date jam , wood varnish, lots of spices flying in all directions and at cask strength this is a very lively...

Score 88/100