
Product Description
The first in a new series from Glenfarclas, celebrating the Grant families six generations of ownership. This one has been bottled in honour of John Grant, who purchased the distillery in 1865, and was matured, unusually, in fino sherry casks. It's very different from their other heavily sherried fare, with buckets of toffee, honey and citrus in addition to rich and oaky notes.
Style
Style
- Body4
- Richness3
- Smoke0
- Sweetness3
Character
Character
Honey Oak Almond Nutmeg Toffee Lemon
Product Facts
Product Facts
Bottler
Distillery Bottling
Age
Vintage
Bottling Date
December 2013
No of Bottles
1444
Country
Scotland
Region
Speyside
Cask Type
Sherry
Cask Number
4194, 4195 & 4197
Colouring
No
Glenfarclas 1966 47 Year Old Fino Sherrry Cask
70cl / 50.5%
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Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes by Billy A
Nose
Almonds, vanilla toffee and honeysuckle to start, almost like a young and sweet bourbon-cask dram. Darker flavours then start to make themselves known, with nutmeg, cinder toffee and milk chocolate. Nutty and yeasty notes develop, along with citrus oil and dry toast. Sweetness builds as it sits in the glass, with maple syrup, subtle nail varnish, toffee, sweet grape skin and white pepper.
Palate
Sharper and fresher than expected from the comparatively soft and gentle nose, with old oak, leafy ferns and barrel char balanced by peach, ripe pear, boiled sweets, citrusy honey and lemon zest. More depth of flavour comes from dark liquorice and sweet woody spice.
Finish
Old oak, sharp woody spice, nutmeg and sweet butter. It hangs around for a while, with toffee and zesty citrus notes lingering.
Comment
Further demonstration that guessing what a whisky will taste like simply from the previous occupant of a cask is hard. There is some fino-sherry character to the whisky, but it's run through with honey, toffee and fruit, with a sweetness not often found in a dry sherry. Fortunately, the wine left lots of character in the wood, which we can now taste in the whisky.
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