Glenfarclas 12 Year Old 75cl old label

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old

The reviewed bottle has been open for 2 years, and is 95% full. Gas was used for preservation starting 11 months ago Nose: that typically very clean Glenfarclas sherry wine flavour is the dominant flavour; after 24 months this has become mellower, ie less pointed, and also rounder, and maybe even richer. Flavours from malt and wood are certainly...

Score 87/100

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old

Bought the 12 after being very delighted with the very pleasing sample i had in 09, but waiting for, more cash-margin and a particularly good year to snap up a bottling. 2011 was a busy and very good year for most single malt distillers and costumers. This is one malt that contributed. Many lyrical reviews about this one, this year especially, and...

Score 90/100

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old

Nose: sweet sherried fruit, some sappy oak (which is good, but doesn’t sound that sexy) notes but no bitter cocoa/espresso notes here. Milk chocolate (Milka) a wee bit of lemon splashes in the background. This malt feels younger than the 15 year old. Fresh, more grassy (if you can say so about a sherry malt), and is very befitting the...

Score 85/100

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old

Picked this one up in November of 2015 and popped it open tonight. Nose - Sweet and woody fresh ripe oak coupled with strong hints of dried fruit and raisins. Moving along we get butterscotch with grapes on the side. Add to that some brown sugar, and big sherry with the slightest hint of char and extremely faint smoke. This is one potent and...

Score 88/100