As you may very well know, whiskies with the written name "Glenfarclas" is now illegal to bottle by other than the distillers. But this one was bottled no less than 24 years ago. A bit of evaporation. From three casks, presumably sherry casks. The color is reddish brown. It smells cinnamon, butter, licorice, caramel, dark chocolate, cardamum, curry spices, tannins, dry red wine liqueur, sulphur, ashes, brick dust. It comes of very clogging and almost like glue at first, needs time to open up. The taste is leather, varnish, raw beetroot, spicy cinnamon, burnt rubber, ashtray, charcoal, I believe it needs some water, although its as extreme as it gets in its own style,so please try it neat first. Adding water. Now it turns sweeter, more cinnamon, honey, juniper berries, butter, caramel, dark chocolate, salmi, gunpowder, cigars, dried leather, smoked beef. The finish is long on sulphur, cinnamon and rubber.
The finish aside, this is a near perfect display of indie Glenfarclas: 9
Next tasting: Jura Distillery
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