Glenfarclas 1968 Bot.2012 Cask #5241 175th Anniversary

• Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
• Distillery Bottling

70cl / 54.4%

Colour: light amber. Nose: for a 4th fill butt there is still a fairly impressive residual sherry influence going on here. A rather elegant mix of earthy, leathery, sooty and raisiny notes. Hints of sultana, old cognac, leafy freshness, milk chocolate, cigar boxes, turmeric and a touch of butterscotch sauce. Quite different from the 86s, it’s evidently a much lighter profile and style but still excellent. Mouth: a softer, leafier and more gently waxy profile. Hot cross buns studded with raisins, lemon balm, throat sweets, mint julep, demerara sugar and buttery brown toast. Orange oils and tiger balm emerge as well. Glenfarclas 1968 Bot.2012 Cask #5241 175th Anniversary

Some distant hints of rancio and toffee. Finish: Long, earthy, lemony, some subtle herbal notes, more sultanas and camphor. Comments: There were aspects which alluded to some of the earlier 70s distillates with these soft fruity notes. I think the natural low strength works a treat here, extremely drinkable, Glenfarclas 1968 Bot.2012 Cask  Anniversary
SGP: 651 – 90 points.

Well! That was quite a session, with a satisfyingly high hit rate. What’s really fascinating is to see how the house style of Glenfarclas really evolved over time, the way it pivots exactly on the turn of the decade around 1980 is quite striking. For reasons of fun and science a vatting of all 10 is totally stupendous and easily 92 points. So, should you be rich and crazy enough, you can safely go and acquire a bottle of each for your own house ‘Megafarclas’. Glenfarclas 1968 Bot.2012 Cask

Next time we will commence from 1988 and continue from there…