Sold outIn short · Glenfarclas (Speyside), 10 years.
“The Panel found the neat nose to be wildly herbaceous at first; some lovely aromas of green medicinal herbs muddled into cough syrups plus undertones of wintergreen…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 1.280 is a single cask of Glenfarclas, in the Speyside region, 10 years old, bottled at 57.2%. 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.