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Glenfarclas
Whisky: Glenfarclas 1956 Sherry Casks
Age: 57 years
Type: Single malt
   
Distilled: 01-06-1956 + 05-06-1956 + 30-10-1956
Bottled: 15-07-2014
Cask Type: Oloroso Cask
Cask #: 1762 + 1774 + 2356
Bottles: 660
Strength: 47.5%
   
Distillery: Glenfarclas Distillery
Country: Scotland: Speyside
   
 
Date: 28-09-2015
Nose: Light, Christmas cake, old nutmeg, light rubber, smoky, dark, chocolate, a hint of sulfur.
Flavour: Heavy sherry, wood, heavily roasted, dark chocolate, heath flowers, powerful lasting finish.
Body: Powerful, dark, big oily, beautiful elegant, very rough dryness.
Comments: At first sip an overkill of sherry, but over time it gets more and more addictive.
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