Glenfarclas 17 Year Single Malt Scotch Whisky
$165.00
Rich, luxurious aromas abound of sherry, prunes, cocoa, treacle, cake frosting. Taste profile is oily, creamy, sweet, honeyed, and totally charming in its candy shop splendor. Finishes complex, concentrated, harmonious. A model of malt whisky in its prime.
UBC: 95 pts; WE: 93 pts; WKY: 90 pts.
About
One famous surname, six generations. A family business in its truest sense. 150 years on, here is just something of this remarkable story.
The distinctive, some say unforgettable, taste of Glenfarclas Highland single malt scotch whisky, is the result of the family’s experience for over 150 years. The insistence on using traditional distillation methods gives this spirits that time honored quality.
The sherry-centric house style of Glenfarclas is at its best in Glenfarclas 17 Year Single Malt Scotch Whisky: fruity, oaky, sweet, and dense, a dram our reviewer described as “seductive…a femme fatale of a malt.”
Tasting Notes
NOSE: Complex, with distinctive butterscotch, sherried fruit and peat smoke aromas.
PALATE: Big, full-flavoured, with excellent balance, develops slowly, full of sherry sweet malty tones, and a touch peat smoke.
FINISH: Long lasting and smooth, with a hint of spice and sherry sweetness.
