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SMWS 1.256: Glenfarclas

“Lifting the veil” · Past release, no longer on sale
Lifting the veil - SMWS 1.256Sold outFeb 2022
1.256

Lifting the veil

SMWS regionSpeyside
Age8 years
ABV62.9%
Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 1
DistilleryGlenfarclas
RegionSpeyside

In short · Glenfarclas (Speyside), 8 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member There was an immediate and comforting sense of richness and texture about this nose.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 1.256 is a single cask of Glenfarclas, in the Speyside region, 8 years old, bottled at 62.9%, released in the Feb 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 1.x is from Glenfarclas.

How the price compares
At £55, this 8-year-old cost less than 15 of the 22 Glenfarclas bottlings aged 7–10 released 2020–2024 that we hold. They ranged from £55 to £76.40, with a median of £60.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Glenfarclas

Beneath Ben Rinnes at Ballindalloch, Glenfarclas was licensed in 1836 and bought in 1865 by John Grant for £511 19s; his descendants still own and run it, one of Scotland's last truly independent family distilleries. Its six stills, the largest on Speyside, are fired directly by gas, and long years in sherry butts give a rich, dried-fruit, Christmas-cake depth. Still the Grants', five generations on.

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