Glenfarclas 1971 Bottled 2011 Family Casks VII

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old

Color: gold. Nose: apples, pears, barley, and a hint of caramel. Body: dry, rough, and chalky in the mouth. Palate: very salty — almost overwhelmingly so — with a little ginger and lemon. It burns the tongue. Somewhere in the background there, I taste sweeter notes like dried apricots and prunes, some milk chocolate, and root beer candies. But the...

Score 82/100

Glenfarclas 42 Year Old 1973 Cadenhead’s Authentic Collection

Glenfarclas is well-known for maturing on sherry casks, so you don’t see it that often on bourbon. Cadenhead’s from Campbeltown, however, bottled this single bourbon barrel some 4 years ago. The Glenfarclas spirit was allowed to mature for 42 long years. I reckon if the ABV wasn’t so close to the legal limit, they might have kept it a bit longer...

Score 89/100

Glenfarclas 17 Year Old

Nose begins with a sweet apple pie giving way to raisins and spices as the aroma settles in. Presents a complex nose worth the time to enjoy. Palate provides an oily texture immediately presenting you with the warm body where the alcohol is clearly present. The complexity reveals a predominate orange zest followed by oak flavors. The finish...

Score 89/100

Glenfarclas '105'

For the 105th or so review, there was really only one option…. I've reviewed a range of Glenfarclases (10/15/21/25/30/40), but none with such high ABV; this feature is often seen as making the 105 a contender to Aberlour's A'bunadh (of which I've tasted 4 batches and reviewed 2). Let's see. I am reviewing it H2H, against its older 20yo version. My...

Score 86/100