A 1958 vintage Glenfarclas released as part of the Autumn 2014 tranche of the distillery’s The Family Cask series. Matured in a single sherry hogshead and bottled at full strength of 40.2%.
Last time I tried the 15 that was four years ago. Good-not-great. Colour: like gold. Nose: ouch, death seat after the ‘185th’. Saps and leaves, a drop of sour wine, the rest is very fine, on vanilla, acacia honey, dried figs, tarte tatin and Scottish tablets. Pretty custardy given that it’s rather a sherried GF, in theory. A touch of rubber too, not unseen. Mouth: caramel, fudge, butterscotch, corn syrup, Lindt’s LIndor chocolate, millionaire shortbread, also the usual wee rubber as well as paraffin in the background. Tends to become grittier after ten seconds on your palate. Glenfarclas 1958 Family Casks A14 Sherry Cask #2065
Finish: medium, grassier, losing its rather lovely fudge-iness. I would say many ‘commercial’ malts tend to behave like this, their finishes are never their best asset. Comments: pretty on-and-off. As I remembered it, but I insist, the awesome ‘185’ may have killed it a wee bit.
SGP:451 – 83 points.
That’s one of the numerous problems with the NAS wh
iskies, where do you put them when you build a wee verticale? Given that legally, they are only 3 year old whiskies? Lest you’ve got clues as for the actual contents, which almost never happens unless you manage to get some reps drunk on gin-and-tonic, otherwise they ‘couldn’t possibly comment’. Let’s move on with an all-natural Glenfarclas…
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