Glenfarclas 1972 Sherry Cask The Family Casks

Glenfarclas 1974 Sherry Cask

I bought and opened this bottle on my birthday in 2011. I made these notes a month later comparing it to the only other sherry influenced whisky I had at the time – Macallan 18yo. It was the only time I ever officially took notes on this bottle. Here were my impressions: Nose: Plums, jam, dates, and baked fruit greet the nose. Blackberry,...

Score 88/100

Glenfarclas 25 Year Old

Also from a sample. Nose: Sweet and salty. The sweetness is a bit non-descript, but seems to hover between rum and typical oxidative sherried whisky. The salt is part soy and part stale red wine, but in a good way, strangely. A bit of coffee cake with a thin layer of strawberry preserves on top. Palate: Not watery, but a bit cool and quiet. Really...

Score 83/100

Glenfarclas 21 Year Old

Last summer **@fiddich1980** provided 3 mystery samples for me and for **@paddockjudge**. This was **sample B**. We blind tasted them together over Facetime in the fall, and after writing preliminary notes the identities were revealed. Tonight I completed my review notes with the sample. I don’t remember if I gassed it. It was a newly opened...

Score 86/100

Glenfarclas 18 Year Old

Glenfarclas 18 is a whisky found in the travel retail. It comes in litre bottles. My bottle cost me 47 EUR, which simply is a bargain considering the age, quality and size. NOSE: fruit, honey, wax. A loveley mix of different fruits notes. PALATE: fruit, honey and wax again. A quite complex palate with a freshness despite the age. You can find...

Score 90/100