Colour: rich amber.
Nose: complex, with distinctive butterscotch and sherried fruit.
Flavour: big, full-flavoured, with excellent balance, develops slowly, full of sherry sweet malty tones.
Finish: long lasting and smooth, with a hint of spice and sherry sweetness.
The Glenfarclas distillery is located in the Speyside region, within the Scottish highlands. Founded in the 1830s, it was purchased by John Grant in 1865. The sixth and fifth generations of the Grant family still run the distillery today and it is often regarded as one of the top two examples of independently-owned distilleries which have survived from the Victorian era (Springbank being the other). Glenfarclas produce a heavy spirit that traditionally works best maturating in ex-sherry oak casks. Their traditional dunnage warehouses keep a constant temperature so their whiskies are uniquely geared towards long, slow maturations.
