Glenfarclas Single Cask #1477 + 1480 14 Years Old 2001 (Oloroso)

700ml / 52.8%

Single Malt

$261

An official Glenfarclas, a 14 year old, 2001, at 52.8%. Raisin, chocolate and a dark spice fill the glass, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Run by six generations of the Grant family since 1865, one of Scotch’s last independents. A rich, deep Speyside single malt of dried fruit, nut and spice. This is a richly sherried Speyside single malt.

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SKU GFC410 Categories Glenfarclas, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

A 14 year old Glenfarclas, a distillery bottling, from 2001, cask 1477 + 1480, at 52.8%. Glenfarclas is a Speyside single malt from Ballindalloch, in the heart of Speyside. It was licensed in 1836 under Robert Hay and bought in 1865 by John Grant for 511 pounds. It has been run by six generations of the Grant family, one of Scotch whisky's last truly independent houses.

Run slowly off the spirit still, building a deep malt of dried fruit and dark sugar. Maturation came in an Oloroso sherry cask, layered over the full Glenfarclas make. In integration coconut and vanilla knit with the malt, the orchard notes deepening to sultana, date and chocolate. The full bodied spirit takes active sherry wood well, carrying its dark sugars through the years. The wood frames the spirit without ever stripping the full Speyside body. Maturation runs slow and even in the dunnage warehouses at Ballindalloch.

At a hearty 52.8% it carries real weight. Orange, raisin and a treacle edge, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Beneath it run dried fruit, dark sugar and a warm spice. The finish is long, rich and spiced. This is a Speyside single malt of real standing.

Additional information

Weight

1.6 kg