Glenfarclas Single Cask #9589 20 Years Old 1990 (Ex-Bourbon)

700ml / 56.8%

Single Malt

$402

An official Glenfarclas, a 20 year old, 1990, at 56.8%, a festival bottling. Orange, raisin and a treacle edge. The house behind the 105, one of the first cask strength malts, from 1968. Licensed in 1836 and bought by John Grant in 1865, at Ballindalloch. Its Family Casks draw single vintages from a deep, old inventory. This is the family sherry malt of Ballindalloch.

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SKU GFC266 Categories Glenfarclas, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

This official Glenfarclas, a 20 year old, from 1990, cask 9589, at 56.8%, a festival cask. Glenfarclas is a Speyside single malt, the house behind the pioneering 105 cask strength. Its water rises from the granite of Ben Rinnes, above the distillery at Ballindalloch. Its whiskies are bottled at their natural colour, without chill filtration.

Worked unhurried through the stillhouse, shaping a rich Speyside body with real weight. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, a soft vanilla beneath the fruit. Through oxidative maturity the esters concentrate, the orchard notes turning to raisin, fig and a dark chocolate. Years in oak deepen the spirit to a darker gold, the body growing rounder and more resinous with time. The full bodied spirit takes active sherry wood well, carrying its dark sugars through the years. Maturation runs slow and even in the dunnage warehouses at Ballindalloch.

At a natural 56.8% it is full and rich. A rich orchard sweetness and dark sugar, lifted by a sweet oak. A baked apple and a warm cinnamon lift the middle. The finish is rounded, dark and spiced. This is a Speyside single malt of real standing.

Additional information

Weight

1.6 kg