Glenfarclas Christmas Edition 28 Years Old 1988

Christmas Edition

700ml / 46%

Single Malt

$371

An official Glenfarclas, a 28 year old, 1988, at 46%. Deep and dark, all baked apple, honey and a chocolate, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Its water rises from the granite of Ben Rinnes, above Ballindalloch. Bottled at natural colour, without chill filtration. This is a deep, sherried Speyside single malt.

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SKU GFC234 Categories Glenfarclas, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

A 28 year old Glenfarclas, a distillery bottling, from 1988, cask 7145, 7146, 7306, at 46%, 1200 bottles in all. Glenfarclas is a Speyside single malt from Ballindalloch, in the heart of Speyside. Its slow, cool dunnage maturation loses very little to the angels each year. Its water rises from the granite of Ben Rinnes, above the distillery at Ballindalloch.

Drawn from a thick, heavy wash, giving a deep, full bodied Speyside spirit. An Oloroso sherry cask held it, drawing the rich spirit on over the years. Through the evaporative decades the esters fold into raisin, fig, beeswax and a bittersweet chocolate. The wood frames the spirit without ever stripping the full Speyside body. The full spirit deepens with time, the cask drawing out its darker register. Active wood drives the maturation, the cask deep in the malt. Maturation runs slow and even in the dunnage warehouses at Ballindalloch.

At 46% it is rich, fruity and deep. A rich orchard sweetness and dark sugar, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. It is full and fruity, the spirit carrying the cask. The finish is long, rich and spiced. This is a Speyside single malt of real standing.