Glenfarclas 1979 Bottled 1996

Glenfarclas 40 Year Old

I try and be as unbiased as I can before tasting a particular whisky lest I am swayed by it's packaging, it's age or glorious reputation. With the Glenfarclas 40 I was face to face with all three. Strong strong sherry with grated ginger on the nose with a dark chocolate pounding. This is followed by dark figs, raisins and dry date husk brought...

Score 89/100

Glenfarclas '105'

Recently, I had on the same night the 105 and A'bunadh batch 46. I said on another thread that it was unfair to compare the two of it and that it would be more interesting to compare the 105 to the 15 yo. So here I am. I am comparing two bottles that are from this year and have been opened for 2 to 3 weeks and that are both 85% full. On the nose:...

Score 84/100

Glenfarclas 18 Year Old

Got a few bottles of this. Cracked open a bottle this evening. Sweet caramels on the first taste. Although it's only 43% it seemed it was a higher ABV - levels off with a little water. Does have some slightly bitter notes. After taste has a unique preserved asian plum. I don't like the 12 year variety of this distillation but the 18 is certainly...

Score 86/100

Glenfarclas Quarter Cask 1987

Quarter casks are small casks originally used to transport whisky on horseback. Nowadays it’s mostly associated with the Laphroaig expression. As these casks are smaller (around 125 litres), the whisky matures more quickly. Glenfarclas also had a couple of quarter cask experiments. This one mixes two casks filled on 03/07/1987 and two casks filled...

Score 84/100