Glenfarclas 17 Year Old

Glenfarclas 17 Year Old

I had the privilege of enjoying a vertical tasting of a range of Glenfarclas (10, 15, 21, 25, 30, 40 and 105), put on by George Grant himself, at the Mash Tun in Aberlour at the Speyside Whisky Festival last May. It was an amazing tasting, and I especially enjoyed the 15 and 40 years old - truly unforgettable drams. This particular expression, the...

Score 85/100

Glenfarclas 17 Year Old

We Yanks don’t have access to the highly praised Glenfarclas 15 year old, so we have to content ourselves with its younger and older siblings. The 12 and 17 yo’s are closest in age, and I find myself going back and forth as to which I prefer. The 12 is rich and malty, albeit a bit one-dimensional, whereas the 17 is more layered and balanced, but...

Score 87/100

Glenfarclas 17 Year Old

Perhaps I'm not a Speysider when it comes to the living water, at least not as much as I'd once thought. I have tried some of the top shelf Aberlours and liked them quite a lot, especially the 18 and the A'bunadh. This said, I guess I have been harboring a grudge against low end Glenfiddich and Glenlivet from my younger years that still haunts....

Score 86/100

Glenfarclas 17 Year Old

Nose: High quality sherry, oak, mint, toffee Palate: Acceleration of sherry the swells to a crescendo, caramel, plums, dates, raisins, hazelnuts, lemon peel, toffee, white cake, marzipan. Finish: Oak again, hazelnuts, caramel, sherry. I know my description above sounds perhaps overly sweet tasting to some readers, but I should say that it...

Score 89/100