Glenfarclas The Family Casks 19 Years Old 2001

The Family Casks (Release S20)

700ml / 56.5%

Single Malt

$724

A 19 year old Glenfarclas from the distillery, at 56.5%. Deep and dark, all baked apple, honey and a chocolate. Its Family Casks draw single vintages from a deep, old inventory. Run by six generations of the Grant family since 1865, one of Scotch’s last independents. This is a rich Speyside malt of dried fruit and nut.

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SKU GFC402 Categories Glenfarclas, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

This official Glenfarclas, a 19 year old, from 2001, cask 3384, at 56.5%, 632 bottles in all. Glenfarclas, the glen of green grass, is a richly sherried Speyside single malt. Its six stills are the largest in Speyside and among the very few still fired directly, now by gas. It draws on that deep inventory for the Family Casks, single vintages reaching back to the 1950s.

The spirit was drawn from a thick, heavy wash, building a deep malt of dried fruit and dark sugar. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, vanillin and a soft coconut under the malt. Into oxidative maturity, slow air builds ripe esters and a darker chocolate, fig and date depth. 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. Long ageing turns the fresh notes towards date, prune and a dark, bittersweet chocolate.

At its natural 56.5% it is rich and chewy. Date, fig and a warm cinnamon, lifted by a sweet oak. A baked apple and a warm cinnamon lift the middle. Dried fruit, spice and a soft oak see it out. This is Glenfarclas's deep, fruity Speyside style.

Additional information

Weight

1.6 kg