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The award-winning Glenfarclas 25 Year Old expression boasts a unique character that comes from the additional maturation in 100% Oloroso Sherry casks. I won’t be in a hurry to replace only because the entire Glenfarclas line has so much to offer and I plan to explore it more. Made at Glenfarclas distillery and matured in oloroso sherry casks for a quarter of a century before being bottled to celebrate The Whisky Exchange's 20th Anniversary.Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

We grant to registered Members a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable right to access and use the Service and to view its contents (“License”).An impressively full-flavoured whisky at 43%, Glenfarclas 25-year-old is bursting with delicious chocolatey cooked fruit and spice flavours, and rewards a little quiet contemplation, making it one of the perfect after-dinner whiskies. Although it spends all its life in Oloroso sherry casks, it is less of a sherry bomb than the 15 Year Old, which is a classic of the genre. It has been in the hands of the Grant family since 1865, making it one of the oldest family-owned distillers in Scotland. Since he’s learned to place a ‘u’ in the word ‘colour’, we’re happy to have him sharing his discoveries here.

Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox! The distillery has six stills which are the largest on Speyside and are heated directly by gas burners.These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Smaller casks mean more of the spirit is in contact with the wood – the contents therefore mature faster, but also lose more to the ‘angel’s share’ than larger hogsheads (250L) or butts (500L). Today, the Glenfarclas spirit still lives strong and continues in family ownership under the direction of 5th and 6th generations, John and George Grant. Critic tasting note: "Earthy notes of dried leaves, wet wool, and a hint of maltiness start things off on the nose, then citrus and red apple.

The Service has been prepared by us solely for information purposes to Members and the Service is based on information we consider reliable and we obtain the contents of the Service from a number of different third party sources (including Contributions), but we do not endorse, support, represent, warrant or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of the Services and any information therein. Our boxes are made of 100% recyclable cardboard and our protective honeycomb paper wrap keeps your package safe and significantly reduces our need for plastic. g. purchase, investment) whatsoever based on the Service you should consider obtaining third party professional/expert advice on the matter, and you should consider whether such the decision is suitable and feasible with respect to (inter alia) your financial status and situation, your particular knowledge/experience on the matter (e.It's very difficult for me to describe everything in such a way that I don't speak badly to the 25th. They pride themselves on their excellent use of sherry casks and their amazing selection of old barrels – which has led to consistent releases of 50 year + whiskies. The sherry punch of the regular 25 year old is dialled back to reveal orchard fruit as well as a layer of rich dried vine fruit and peel. I wasn’t a maths major, but I very quickly concluded that this was a now or never moment for me and a 25 year old whisky. In 1865, Glenfarclas distillery, nestled in the heart of Speyside, was purchased by a cattle breeder by the name of John Grant.