Glenfarclas Glenlivet 8 Year Old Bottled 1970s

Glenfarclas 1966/2012 "Probably Speyside's Finest," Douglas Laing, Cask #9176

gift sample Nose: Rich and dark. Beautiful as it gains steam, with some elegantly aged sherry. Old leather furniture, polish, and expensive lacquer. Light chocolate and coffee drizzled across toasted maraschino cherries. Chocolate covered fig and date bits. Coffee grinds covering 'purple' - fruit, perhaps. Tip top. Palate: Oh snap. Bigger and...

Score 93/100

Glenfarclas 42 Year Old 1973 Cadenhead’s Authentic Collection

Glenfarclas is well-known for maturing on sherry casks, so you don’t see it that often on bourbon. Cadenhead’s from Campbeltown, however, bottled this single bourbon barrel some 4 years ago. The Glenfarclas spirit was allowed to mature for 42 long years. I reckon if the ABV wasn’t so close to the legal limit, they might have kept it a bit longer...

Score 89/100

Glenfarclas 25 Year Old

Nose: Light. Nectarine with a touch of almond and butter; the fruit becomes even lighter strawberry/rose. A faster inhale reveals black caffeine (either tea, coffee or bitter chocolate). Palate: Entrance of toffee and raw almond-- though a bit muted or stale (steamed white rice or the smell of coffee grounds). Some very dark cocoa becomes more...

Score 89/100

Glenfarclas 105 20 Year Old

I'd been keen to try this, rather enjoying the regular 105, though not wanting to shell out the bucks for a full bottle of the 20 year old. I found some 30ml samples for sale and got two. Nose: Toffee, caramel, and dried fruit. There's more of a perfumy floral quality here than there was on the standard 105. Not as robust as I'd have expected, but...

Score 84/100