Glenfarclas 1988 Edition N°20 Cask #6867,6982,6987-6988

James Clerk Maxwell

700ml / 46%

Single Malt

$452

An official Glenfarclas, a 28 year old, 1988, at 46%. Deep and dark, all baked apple, honey and a chocolate, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Its water rises from the granite of Ben Rinnes, above Ballindalloch. Its Family Casks draw single vintages from a deep, old inventory. This is a rich Speyside malt of dried fruit and nut.

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SKU GFC238 Categories Glenfarclas, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

A 28 year old Glenfarclas, a distillery bottling, from 1988, cask 6867,6982,6987-6988, at 46%, 2400 bottles in all. Glenfarclas is a richly sherried Speyside single malt, run by the Grant family since 1865. Its six stills are the largest in Speyside and among the very few still fired directly, now by gas. It holds some sixty eight thousand casks on site in dunnage warehouses, with stock from every year since 1953. Its spirit is matured almost wholly in sherry butts brought up from Jerez.

It was distilled to a rich, generous cut, shaping a rich Speyside body with real weight. An Oloroso sherry cask held it, drawing the rich spirit on over the years. At this evaporative stage ellagitannins lend structure while oxidation builds a richer raisin and treacle. The cool, slow dunnage ageing loses little to evaporation, the spirit holding its depth. Long ageing turns the fresh notes towards date, prune and a dark, bittersweet chocolate.

At 46% it is smooth and rich. Orange, raisin and a treacle edge, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A dark chocolate and a soft oak give it weight. The close is rich and dark, fruit over a warm spice. This is the family sherry malt of Ballindalloch.