Nosing & Tasting > 22-06-2013
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Glenfarclas
Whisky: Glenfarclas 40 year old
Age: 40 years
Type: Single malt
Strength: 46%
   
Distillery: Glenfarclas Distillery
Country: Scotland: Speyside
   
 
Date: 22-06-2013
Nose: Old leather, sherry, fresh mint, dried heather.
Flavour: Sherry, wood, chocolate, red fruit, complex, faint bitterness in the background.
Body: A little dusty, oily, pleasantly round
Comments: A sophisticated old sherry whisky with quite a lot of character. Name the place and time and Ill be there.
Rating: ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ +++- ---- (8.75)