Sold outJan 2024In short · Glenfarclas (Speyside), 10 years.
“We stepped into a tropical greenhouse of palm trees, orchids, cacti and a pond with water lilies – while a hummingbird buzzed and darted among the foliage.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 1.286 is a single cask of Glenfarclas, in the Speyside region, 10 years old, bottled at 59.8%, released in the Jan 2024 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.