Glenfarclas The Family Casks 23 Years Old 2001

The Family Casks (Release S24)

700ml / 54.7%

Single Malt

$508

An official Glenfarclas, a 23 year old, 2001, at 54.7%. Rich and full, with raisin, fig and a bittersweet chocolate. Its water rises from the granite of Ben Rinnes, above Ballindalloch. Its Family Casks draw single vintages from a deep, old inventory. It holds tens of thousands of casks on site, with stock from every year since 1953. This is a rich Speyside malt of dried fruit and nut.

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SKU GFC408 Categories Glenfarclas, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

A 23 year old Glenfarclas, a distillery bottling, from 2001, cask 3762, at 54.7%, 194 bottles in all. Glenfarclas is a Speyside single malt from Ballindalloch, in the heart of Speyside. It draws on that deep inventory for the Family Casks, single vintages reaching back to the 1950s. Its whiskies are bottled at their natural colour, without chill filtration. It was licensed in 1836 under Robert Hay and bought in 1865 by John Grant for 511 pounds. It holds some sixty eight thousand casks on site in dunnage warehouses, with stock from every year since 1953.

It was run slowly off the spirit still, giving a deep, full bodied Speyside spirit. Ex-Bourbon casks held it, the American oak lending vanilla and a light honey. Through the evaporative decades the esters fold into raisin, fig, beeswax and a bittersweet chocolate. The cool, slow dunnage ageing loses little to evaporation, the spirit holding its depth.

At 54.7%, undiluted, it is dark and full. Orange, raisin and a treacle edge, lifted by a sweet oak. Dried fruit and a treacle sit behind the spice. Dried fruit, spice and a soft oak see it out. This is a full bodied Speyside single malt of real richness.

Additional information

Weight

1.6 kg