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Distillery : Glenfarclas - Speyside
Bourbon Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By William Cadenhead Limited
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2001
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
Apparently, Cadenhead acquired 4 Glenfarclas casks distilled in 1970. That was two years before the company was bought by the Mitchell family, owner of Springbank. These 4 casks were bottled successively, in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. This one is the third, and the only one to have aged in a Bourbon cask. 132 bottles were filled and quickly sold. The Chairman's Stock range was around from 1994 to 2012, bringing together some outstanding bottlings, all single casks and over 25 years old.
Let's Taste It :
Old library, plaster, soggy wood, it's liquorous, thick, very deep, almost swampy. Candied vanilla, crushed grapes, apricots, quinces, medlars, fermented a long time ago, crimson fruits, it's almost vinous, soup, banana, green tea, some vegetables, turnips, potatoes, paprika. Very sweet on the palate, like rose loukoum, liquid flower honey, then it becomes syrupy, dragee, almond, crushed hazelnut, heavy, spices that explode on the palate, nutmeg, cumin, curry, a whirlwind of flavours that lead to an incredible, sandy finish, mirabelle plum, exotic fruit nectar, mango, melon, maracuja. Slightly abrasive charcoal at the end. A creamy drop, meat juice. Melted butter.
In Short,
Very intense, beautiful, explosive, fruity and deep like an old sherry, and complex, honeyed like a bourbon. I didn"t feel much the wood, it's as if the whisky had aged independently of it to give the total measure of the distillate. This gives quite incredible flavours. The prices are incredible too, so don’t be sensitive about your wallet.
Score : 92
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Ella Fitzgerald - How High is the Moon
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