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Glenfarclas
Scotland
Single Malt
Here we have an absolute classic Speysider from a long-time family-owned distillery. This 25 year old single malt from Glenfarclas spent its days in 100% Oloroso sherry casks. It’s complex and delicately sherried, a whisky that’s sure not to disappoint. It won gold at the 2019 International Spirits Challenge and makes a great after dinner treat. Awesome.
A touch of menthol. Classic Sherry notes, less pronounced than the 15 year old perhaps, but the complexity is greater.
Incredibly clean central palate, but amazingly tangy. Really zingy top notes. Sherry and creamy barley, hints of gingerbread and nutty chocolate.
Very, very long and complex finish, oak-rich, hints of smoke, cocoa, buttery...
One of our all-time favourite Speyside malts.
Yeah, it’s great stuff but I can’t help but think it gets to a point of diminishing returns at some stage, you know? I thought sipping a 25 year old single malt would be like having Kylie Minogue sit on your face but whilst it was very good, I am increasingly convinced that like wine, it’s just a game of Hyperbole and snobbery. I’m a huge fan of anything by Balvenie and while I agree that the 21 year is better than this, to be honest if you blind taste tested me I’d probably prefer the 14 Caribbean Cask too and certainly the 17 year as well. This is very smooth with nice sherry notes but not enough toffee for me what with my favourite whisky probably being the Glenlivet Master distillers reserve small batch Now, having just made that statement, I’m working my way currently towards more than 5 (‘large’), doubles, a mix of the Glenlivet mentioned above, the 18 year Glenlivet and the 25 year Glenfarclas and the latter is getting increasingly moreish with each imbibement; to wit, it is smoother than an oiled tit. I bought this for £100-120 as I thought it was incredible value for a 25 year old whisky but the best value is still probably Glenfiddich’s 18 year for about £66. It is deeply complex, has a great bottle (can never get on board with Macallan, the ‘Rolls Royce’ of whisky’s but anaemic looking pish with a cheap Chardonnay bottle, urgh) and a great deep colour; proper magical stuff. I’d like to see a bunch of people here actually posting comments, taste test a bunch of variably priced whisky’s blindly: I reckon most of them, myself included wouldn’t immediately know a 12 year old Glenlivet from the 52 year old Macallan (you would have to have a hole in your head to actually drink that!? £79k, and people question why I’m dubious about untrammelled free markets, Christ). I humbly suggest master of malt offer a testing with a few of us, including professional tasters, offering a variety of whiskies of varying values and posting it on YouTube for posterity and see if any mere mortal can determine the class from the dross. I leave it in the very capable hands of the purveyors of this fine website to arrange this. I’m sure you can confirm my IP address but I’m here when you need me (winking face emoji)...
OMG - absolutely amazing! I always thought that 'old' Scotches were a waste of money and tried a few that I felt did not warrant the price. However, after trying this one, I was so blown away by the quality, nose and flavour, that I had to write this! Just break a wee dram at room temperature with a tiny splash of highland spring water and see if I am wrong! What a wonderful Scotch, worth every penny and I thought the 15 year old Glenfarclas Single Malt was the best I had tasted!
Some of these reviews are so mixed and I honestly think are based on basic palates. This is about as good as it gets unless you are chasing single cask releases above the $400 mark. It’s 25 years old, let it sit and open up, use a Glencairne glass and realize what you are sipping, and if your palate isn’t good enough to experience this fully maybe go back to Nikka from the Barrel and Johnnie Walker Platinum BLENDED trash. 4.8/5
Nice dram if you let it sit about 15 minutes. That’s about when it gets good legs on it and rounds out to a smooth experience. Probably just a tad over priced, but I’m not complaining. Improves with good company. Can’t wait to share with my Dad during the Christmas Holiday Season.
I have given only a few whiskies a perfect 10/10 score on here but this probably deserves an 11/10 this is a very special whisky. Let it sit for 25 minutes before nosing it so you can really appreciate it so much sherry, cinnamon red apples, toffee, hint of menthol, gingerbread, cocoa, the chaps at mom hit these tasting notes right on the nose. Truly spectacular with the longest finish I've ever had in a whisky that just continues to develop new flavors on the palate. Glenfarclas never ceases to astonish me with how good their product is and for the price you just can't beat em. Epic dram. Cheers! The Sugarbear