Glenfarclas The Family Casks 25 Years Old 1990

Glenfarclas from the distillery, a 25 year old, from 1990, cask 4711, at 52.4%, 604 bottles in all. Glenfarclas is a deep, dark Speyside malt of dried fruit, nut and spice. It launched the 105 in 1968, one of the first cask strength single malts sold to the public.

The spirit was distilled to a rich, generous cut, for the rich, sherried make Glenfarclas is known for. An Oloroso sherry cask held it, drawing the rich spirit on over the years. In the oxidative, evaporative years the spirit concentrates to dried fruit, dark chocolate and a waxy, resinous depth. The full bodied spirit takes active sherry wood well, carrying its dark sugars through the years. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and a soft coconut over the fruit. Years in oak deepen the spirit to a darker gold, the body growing rounder and more resinous with time.

At a natural 52.4% it is full and rich. 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 deep finish ends on dried fruit and a dark chocolate. This is a rich Speyside malt of dried fruit and nut.