Glenfarclas The Potstill Reserve 10 Years Old 2003

The Potstill Reserve

700ml / 50%

Single Malt

$203

An official Glenfarclas, a 10 year old, 2003, at 50%. Orange, raisin and a treacle edge, 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. Its water rises from the granite of Ben Rinnes, above Ballindalloch. This is a richly sherried Speyside single malt.

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SKU GFC431 Categories Glenfarclas, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

A 10 year old Glenfarclas, a distillery bottling, from 2003, cask 2014 + 3134, at 50%. Glenfarclas is a deep, dark Speyside malt of dried fruit, nut and spice. It holds some sixty eight thousand casks on site in dunnage warehouses, with stock from every year since 1953. Direct firing chars the wash a little, lending the rich, nutty depth Glenfarclas is known for. It has been run by six generations of the Grant family, one of Scotch whisky's last truly independent houses.

It was distilled in copper pot stills, giving a deep, full bodied Speyside spirit. It was fully matured in an Oloroso sherry cask, the wood deep in the rich spirit. In integration coconut and vanilla knit with the malt, the orchard notes deepening to sultana, date and chocolate. The cool, slow dunnage ageing loses little to evaporation, the spirit holding its depth. The full spirit deepens with time, the cask drawing out its darker register.

At a natural 50% it is full and rich. Raisin, chocolate and a warm spice, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Dried fruit and a treacle sit behind the spice. The finish is long, rich and spiced. This is a rich Speyside malt of dried fruit and nut.