Glenfarclas 2013 Single Cask Collection New Vibrations 10 yo

 

 

 

61°

Distillery : Glenfarclas - Speyside

Sherry Hogshead 

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Cask 

Bottled in 2023

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Totally Unpeated

 

 

 

The gentlemen from Glenfarclas also wanted to take part in the great Whisky Live festival in Paris, and they entrusted the contents of this cask to the organisers, La Maison du Whisky, for exclusive sale in France as part of the Collection New Vibrations. Like all the casks that have contained Glenfarclas, this is a Sherry cask, a Hogshead to be precise, and 303 bottles have been filled with its contents.

Let's Taste It : 

This is a very fruity Sherry, very expressive on red fruits, raspberries, cherries, cranberries, gooseberries, with a slightly earthy note, damp leather, waxed wood, soft caramel, blond tobacco, apricot stone, a drop of lemon and mango. On the palate, same combination, fruit tart, fruit salad, with those previously mentioned, plus kiwis, lychees, clementines, bananas, vanilla pastry cream, intense spices, cloves, thyme, black pepper. The finish is well-crafted, long and powerful, with sandalwood, speculoos, vergeoise, brown sugar, damp earth, praline chocolate, pine needles, saffron and sultanas marinated in liqueur.

In Short, 

Glenfarclas often has particularly distinctive casks, which add fruit and spice to the juice. This is particularly the case here, and the result is an expression capable of competing with the best, despite its young age. The price is commensurate with the quality of the cask - in fact, I find it disproportionate.

Score : 89

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

 

                                           Elsa - John Henry