Glenfarclas Family Cask 1990
$584.99
Glenfarclas Family Cask 2000
$412.99
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1979
$1,289.99
A deader-than-dead cask (4th Fill Hogshead, people! FOURTH FILL!) has worked an absolute miracle on this whisky. We opened a bottle of this 1979 as the apex malt in a spectacular tasting with our friend George Grant of Glenfarclas and then simply sat back and watched as the room fell silent. What can we say? Glenfarclas at 40 years or so is pretty incredible stuff. Even if you're not looking to mark a 1979 milestone, this is an absolute steal of a price for single cask bottlings from these bygone decades. Only a couple bottles left and, sadly, we only expect the prices to climb in future releases.
49.4% abv
Tasting Note (Angus MacRaild, Whiskyfun)
Nose: a rather concentrated and syrupy fruitiness, like molten boiled sweets, juicy fruit chewing gum, pineapple jelly and some excellent aged mead. Opens up further with cornflakes, milk bottle sweets, a dusting of icing sugar and lemon infused olive oil. Also some earthy mushroom notes, old wine cellar and things like chamomile and bergamot. A rather more complex example that’s ably supported by a perfect natural strength. You can add plums, sultanas, apple crumble and chocolate limes. Really excellent!
Palate: superb texture and concentration - very syrupy and gently oily. Hints of pear eau de vie, creme de menthe, rum n raisin ice cream, raspberry jam and soft waxes. There’s also herbs, mulled wine and chocolate covered marzipan. Lots of glazed and crystallised fruits everywhere, along with some nibbling peppery notes.
Finish: long, rather orangey and abundantly fruity. Citrus pith, olive oil, mint, apricot jam and dried thyme. Comments: A notch higher still. There’s a level of complexity here that really sings alongside a perfect natural ABV. A great and humble wee cask.
91 points.
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1986 Summer 2018
$1,099.99
This Glenfarclas Family Cask was distilled in 1986 and put into a refill butt. It was bottled in the summer of 2018 at 32 years old and a cask strength of 47.7% ABV. 91.81pts Whisky Base
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1988
$779.99
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1989
$624.99
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1980 Summer 2018
$1,522.99
A 37 year old single cask of Glenfarclas, from the Family Cask Line, matured in a Refill Hogshead, bottled at 47.8%. 89pts Angus @WhiskyFun and 89.8 from Whsiky Base.
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1989
$624.99
G&M CC Linkwood 1984
$1,199.99
A very dark, sherried looking Linkwood bottled at 58.1% after maturing 34 years in a First Fill Sherry Butt.
Producer’s Tasting Note
Aroma: rich sherry aromas mingle with juicy blackcurrant, blackberry, stewed cherries and plum. Hints of jasmine and rose petals add a distinctive edge.
Taste: indulgently sweet; butterscotch flavours infused with aniseed and cinnamon. Orange and raspberry notes, dusted with delicately drying cocoa powder, are complemented by nuances of oak.
Finish: lingering; dry tobacco and forest fruit fade in to subtle oak.
