Sold outDec 2022In short · Glenfarclas (Speyside), 10 years.
“Descriptors on the nose neat came fast and furious, with heather ale, birch sap, nougat, maraschino cherries, caramelised oats and peanut butter rice pop treats.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 1.274 is a single cask of Glenfarclas, in the Speyside region, 10 years old, bottled at 59.3%, released in the Dec 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 1.x is from Glenfarclas.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
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.