Glenfarclas 1972 Bottled 1997

Glenfarclas 25 Year Old

Glenfarclas just pumps out whisky. My notes on Glenfarclas all come from a tasting where we got the 105, 15, 21, 25, 30 and 40 expressions. The great thing about Farclas is you can taste the breeding, this is the older brother of the 15. Bloddy good stuff. * Nose: viscous, heavier more muscular nose, plenty of tobacco, orange marmalade, leather...

Score 89/100

Glenfarclas 1994 Oloroso Sherry Hogshead

The last sample of Glenfarclas in my cabinet (what a shame!) is a single cask bottling from 1994 (not the Family Cask, but an official bottling for Mähler-Besse in France). It was distilled in February 1994 and bottled in October 2004, after a 10 year old maturation on an oloroso sherry cask. 300 bottles were filled. The color is a deep, dark...

Score 87/100

Glenfarclas 1971 Family Cask for Silver Seal #148

from a purchased sample Nose: Cinnamon, Christmas cake spice, cherries, toffee, raw nuts. There is a real waxy and almost smoky quality. Raisins, prunes in rum. Some vanilla and ginger. I added a drop of water to see what happened, and it released more fudge and chocolate, and turned things a bit more black-brown than red-yellow. More wood as...

Score 87/100

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old

Bought the 12 after being very delighted with the very pleasing sample i had in 09, but waiting for, more cash-margin and a particularly good year to snap up a bottling. 2011 was a busy and very good year for most single malt distillers and costumers. This is one malt that contributed. Many lyrical reviews about this one, this year especially, and...

Score 90/100