Glenfarclas 16 Years Old (Oloroso)

Core

700ml / 60%

Single Malt

$236

An official Glenfarclas, a 16 year old, at 60%. A deep, dark malt over a full, rich body, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The house behind the 105, one of the first cask strength malts, from 1968. Its water rises from the granite of Ben Rinnes, above Ballindalloch. This is a deep, sherried Speyside single malt.

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SKU GFC022 Categories Glenfarclas, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

A distillery release of Glenfarclas, a 16 year old, at 60%, 5280 bottles in all. 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. Its whiskies are bottled at their natural colour, without chill filtration. Direct firing chars the wash a little, lending the rich, nutty depth Glenfarclas is known for.

The spirit was worked unhurried through the stillhouse, for the rich, sherried make Glenfarclas is known for. An Oloroso sherry cask held it, drawing the rich spirit on over the years. Into oxidative maturity, slow air builds ripe esters and a darker chocolate, fig and date depth. The wood frames the spirit without ever stripping the full Speyside body. Long ageing turns the fresh notes towards date, prune and a dark, bittersweet chocolate.

Bottled at a cask strength 60%, it is deep and concentrated. Raisin, chocolate and a warm spice, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A baked apple and a warm cinnamon lift the middle. A long finish carries raisin, chocolate and a treacle. This is a dark, fruity Speyside single malt.