Glenfarclas 15 Year Old (bought in March of 2016 from Master of Malt for £45.46)
Nose neat: creamy pedro ximinez, orange pine kernel? Vanilla, sour lemon drops. After time in the glass, malty, bready, sweet, ripe banana, pear, strawberry sweets, subtle tobacco smoke, raisin, black bun, Christmas cake, creamy, cough syrup, sherry, more malt, peppermint? (22/25)
Taste Neat: sweet, fruit basket, spicy, peppery.
(19/25)
Nose with water: Sweet bread, slight bite, pedro ximenez, sour fruit, sour dough? Lemon oil, aromatic, herbaceous, lemon curd? sugary sweeties, like rock, hints of juniper and eucalyptus. Toasty oak, wood cured ham, roasted spice like Nutmeg, more creamy sherry.
(23/25)
Taste with water: creamy and lemon sweet arrival, raisin, definitely sour dough, sour lime, clear bourbon flavours of vanilla and American oak. bitter-sweet. Spicy and slightly nutty finish that is toasty and oaky.
(23/25)
Presentation point: (1/1)
Conclusion: About a BIG arrival when neat. Very sherried, but water brings out the real bourbon influence, reminiscent of bulleit rye. Sweet when neat, but very astringent and complex with a good water helping. This "sherry bomb" is about more than just sherry. It does seem that most of the higher quality casks may be bourbon, and that the bourbon part of this whisky is older than 15 years.
Points: (88/101)
Master of Malt Customer Apr 16, 2016
Incredible christmassy flavours
Exquisite whisky with flavours reminding me of Christmas time, but certainly a whisky to be sipped all year round.
Master of Malt Customer Apr 14, 2016
Very surprising.
I had purchased a couple bottles of this whisky simply because of the reviews I'd read. I was not disappointed. It is a bit thin for my taste. However, if it were more viscous it would arguably be my favorite of any whisky I've ever had. The flavor is incredible and the nose is equally impressive. It is just as the tasting notes describe.
James Jan 7, 2016
