Sold outJul 2025In short · Glenfarclas (Speyside), 13 years.
“The Panel found the nose initially dominated by leafy sherry notes and warming wood spices.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 1.294 is a single cask of Glenfarclas, in the Speyside region, 13 years old, bottled at 56.7%, released in the Jul 2025 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.