ABV 49.6%
This might be old, but it has not lost any of its quality.
Rob Allanson
The Family Casks
Glenfarclas
Brand
Release X, 1953
Expression
Single Malt
Type
59
Age (Years)
49.6%
ABV
Speyside
Region/Country
Standard (Distillery or blended)
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Shy and delicate, spearmint, drying sweet tobacco note emerges. Raspberry jam, hay brier, coconut and vanilla smoothies, Harrogate toffee, honey spiced with orange.
Palate: Dense with a leafy mulch quality, we are back in autumn. Slow burning spice notes, a light peat note. Fruit and citrus lurking here
Finish: Quite buttery at first then the oak begins to grip and dry.
Comment: This might be old, but it has not lost any of its quality.
Score: 8.5
Taster
Nose: Crème caramel, floral wax, raspberry coulis, a pitch fork full of wet hay, runny golden honey and a little spray of white flowers.
Palate: Aromatic vermouth, fat, punchy. Zesty Sicilian lemons then into distinctly dry almost burnt oaky notes, toasted hazelnuts and peat.
Finish: The signs of age show when the oak takes hold of the tongue, lingering notes veer towards the slippery slope of dryness.
Comment: Delightfully balanced
Score: 8.7
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