Glenfarclas 40 Year Old Scottish Classic Alan Breck

Glenfarclas 1986 / Family Casks / Cask #3447

The Family Casks of Glenfarclas enjoy much esteem. This bottle, for example, will set you back some 500 EUR. Not cheap by any means, but you do get a 30 years old sherry matured malt. Will you look at that color… Let’s go! Subtle yet wonderfully perfumed nose on earthy notes and chamomile tea, wild heathery flowers and salted caramel. Autumn...

Score 90/100

Glenfarclas 10 Year Old

Glenfarclas is a family run distillery which is currently under the stewardship of the 6th successive generation of the Grant family. The distillery is currently celebrating their 175th anniversary and still employ traditional distillation methods including the use of the largest traditional direct-fired copper pot stills on Speyside. In the glass...

Score 76/100

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 40 Year Old

This was definitely a box ticker for me. It is one that I had wanted to try for a really long time. Having tried the 105, 10, 12, 15, 21, 25 and 30 if was always going to be on my hit list. Nose: Smoky upfront, leather, burnt toffee & liquorice. It smells heavy, dark and rich with damsons and oranges. Palate: Smoky, spicy, leather, sherry,...

Score 90/100