Glenfarclas Autumn Edition 17 Years Old 2004

Autumn Edition

700ml / 53.5%

Single Malt

$137

An official Glenfarclas, a 17 year old, 2004, at 53.5%. Raisin, chocolate and a warm spice run through it, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The house behind the 105, one of the first cask strength malts, from 1968. It holds tens of thousands of casks on site, with stock from every year since 1953. This is a deep, sherried Speyside single malt.

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SKU GFC445 Categories Glenfarclas, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

Glenfarclas from the distillery, a 17 year old, from 2004, at 53.5%. Glenfarclas is a Speyside single malt, one of the last great family owned distilleries in Scotch. It launched the 105 in 1968, one of the first cask strength single malts sold to the public. Its slow, cool dunnage maturation loses very little to the angels each year. Direct firing chars the wash a little, lending the rich, nutty depth Glenfarclas is known for.

It was distilled to a rich, generous cut, giving a deep, full bodied Speyside spirit. It was matured in an Oloroso sherry cask, the wood working deep into the malt. At oxidative maturity aldehydes lend a nutty edge while ellagitannins draw a drying, structured grip across the fruit. The full spirit deepens with time, the cask drawing out its darker register. Active wood drives the maturation, the cask deep in the malt. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and a soft coconut over the fruit.

At its natural 53.5% it is rich and chewy. A rich, sherried sweetness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. It is full and fruity, the spirit carrying the cask. It finishes long, full and fruity. This is a rich Speyside malt of dried fruit and nut.