Glenfarclas Single Malt Whisky

The third 1969 release from Glenfarclas as part of their Family Casks series.

A fabulous old sherried Glenfarclas, the casks for this were personally selected by John Grant to commemorate the distillery's 150th anniversary in 1986.

An old bottle of Glenfarclas whisky from the 1980s. This appears to have been produced for the Italian market and has been matured for 5 years.

Aged over forty years in a sherry hogshead, 1970 has been one of the most popular vintages in Glenfarclas's Family Cask series. Big Christmas cask character.

The sixth release in the Family Casks series for the 1968 vintage is from a single sherry butt - this has been another very popular vintage.

An old 1965 vintage whisky from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. This whisky has been matured for 38 years and bottled at cask strength in March 2004. The tag line for this bottle is "Almond syrup and rose petals", sounds delightful.

A 1965 vintage whisky from SMWS's distillery #1. This whisky was matured for 38 years and bottled in April 2004 at cask strength. SMWS have described it as "Gooseberry and dark chocolate".

A 1966 single cask whisky from Glenfarclas. This whisky has been aged for an amazing 45 years, bottled in 2011. This is the 8th release from this vintage that has been used for the Family Casks range.

A 1965 vintage release from Glenfarclas as part of the 9th outturn of bottlings in their Family Casks range. Matured for over 45 years in a sherry butt and bottled in 2012.

A 1993 vintage release as part of the 9th selection of single casks from Glenfarclas's Family Cask range. Bottled in 2012 from a sherry butt.

A very dark treacle in colour. Light on the nose initially, with some walnuts dipped in chocolate coming through. Similar to the previous 1965 this needs some time to open up in the glass. After forty four years in a cask this whisky needs some breathing space, a drop or two of water has the same effect. Distinct heather honey notes emanating after a couple of minutes. An incredibly easy drinking whisky. Bottled 2010.

A bottling of 8 year old Glenfarclas from the 1960s, complete with the '-Glenlivet' suffix and an unusual screeprinted label.

A special bottling from the Scott's Selection series. This 1965 vintage Glenfarclas has been matured for 40 years and was bottled in 2005.

An early bottling of Glenfarclas 105' from the 1980s, rare in that it has an age statement (from the days when 8 years was pretty old for a single malt).

Glenfarclas are perhaps best known for their heavily sherried bottlings. This time, however, we have been graced with something quite special... a 43 year old Glenfarclas matured in Cognac casks. As far as we know, there have been only a small handful of whiskies matured in Cognac casks (and from what we have been hearing, this one is absolutely gorgeous).

A special bottling of Glenfarclas Single Malt Whisky. This bottle was produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Forties Oil Field start up in September 1975. This whisky has been matured for 20 years and was released in 1995 to coincide with the anniversary.

A 1964 vintage from Glenfarclas, bottled in 2011 after maturing in a sherry butt.

An 18 year old bottling of Glenfarclas bottled for the Morgan Sports Car Club in celebration of their June 1989 Scottish gathering.

A rare independent release of Glenfarclas, distilled in 1959, matured in a sherry cask and then bottled 34 years later by Signatory.