Glenfarclas 1968 (Bottled 2020) / 49.7% / 0.7l
- Glenfarclas Distillery was built in 1836 on Rechlerich Farm, close to the small town of Ballindalloch, and since 1865 has been owned by the Grant family.
Product description
Built in 1836, the Glenfarclas Distillery has been owned by the Grant family since 1865 and is one of the last iconic Scottish distilleries to remain in private hands.
Grants have been tempted by lucrative offers for years, but so far without success. Glenfarclas offers a wide range of its whiskies, from young, bottled without an age statement to 50-year-old. In addition, Grants release dozens of vintage editions, which are very popular with collectors. Annual global sales of the brand exceeded 2.3 million bottles in 2019. The Glenfarclas presented here, distilled on 17 January 1968, spent more than three decades in sherry casks and was bottled at the beginning of the new millennium in an edition of 1,246 bottles.
Nose : rich and elegant, dried plums, black cherries, blueberry jam, dark chocolate, old Armagnac, honey, hazelnuts, Christmas gingerbread, black pepper, traces of furniture polish and a touch of smoke in the background.
Palate : complex, prunes, chocolate-covered cherries, crème brûlée, burnt bread crust, nutmeg, cocoa powder, toasted almonds, hints of leather and tobacco, and sherry-soaked oak.
Finish : very long, with notes of dark chocolate, espresso, a mixture of dried herbs, prunes, roasted almonds, tobacco, leather and oak.