Glenfarclas / 43 Years Old, Cognac Cask

Glenfarclas

43 Years Old, Cognac Cask

ABV 46.7%
REVIEWED Issue 101

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Specifications

Brand: Glenfarclas
Expression: 43 Years Old, Cognac Cask
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: 43 years old
Year of bottling: 2012
ABV: 46.7%
Country/Region: Scotland / Speyside
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Awards

Recommended
Issue 101

Tasting notes

Taster Martine Nouet

Nose: Intense, elegant, complex. Fruit and oak are intertwined in a luscious fragrant bouquet. Peaches stewed in honey. Dates and dried apricot. Sandalwood. Touch of incense. Walnut.
Palate: Silky, caressing. Again, a perfect integration of oak and fruit. Socomplex. Dried fruit like Dundee cake.
Finish: Lingering, elegantly nutty.
Comment: Incredibly 'alive'

9.2

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Very perfumed with an almost vinous quality to the nose. Blackberries, perfumed candles mixed with honeysuckle, ginseng, tamarind and a dunnage-like earthiness.
Palate: More wood apparent but only to add to the weird exoticism. Rancio galore. Plenty of musk and a pleasing bitterness - powdered clove, star anise and hints of vintage rhum agricole.
Finish: Spiced and long.
Comment: For me best neat. A must-have.

9.0

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