Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength

This is my favorite Glenfarclas so far. I’ve only had the 12 and 21 excluding this one, but the 12 was to malt heavy for my taste, and the 21 felt little thin and empty for its age. But this one has character. On the nose the first thing you get ir a fresh honey covered raspberry sweetnes, which is quickly followed by Glenfarclas’s signature toasted malt character, which comes from the direct dire stills. If you have started to wonder what flavors come from the spirit and what from the casks, this is a good bottle to start understanding it, because this toasted caramelized malt character is pretty prominent, distinct and fairly easy to pick out, and now you it comes from the spirit, not the casks. Soon after this i discovered a very heavy perfume note, almost like lighty-sweet rose. The palate is is mostly the translation of the nose, with dark honey and raspberries, little bit of sultana (if you dont know what is it, buy some dried sultana snacks, because this flavor shows up in lots of malts) including some charred vanilla. The toasted flavors come very alive in the finish with mild bitter oak tannins and red fruit skins. The reason they say Glenfarclas accomodates sherry cask maturation is i think because of these toasted-caramelized-roasted malt flavors which give a very nice depth to the sherry influence so it is not just another run of the mill sherried whisky. Definetly worth a second and third try too. For its price i’d say this is a good bottle, but if you are willing to spend a little a more money, i’d suggest the Aberlour A’bunadh. But dont take my word for it. Try em both!

spicy

3.85 for me. Brutal stuff.