A quick apology for the lack of exposure to the Whisky of the Month for the first week as Korea came calling. Now back in the comfort of Singapore, it is definitely time to give our whisky of the month, Glenfarclas, some airtime with a look at the Glenfarclas expressions available in Singapore. And where better to start than with the expression that spawned Marketing Executive Ian McWilliam's visit to Singapore, and the expression that has been bottled to celebrate Glenfarclas' 175th Anniversary, the Glenfarclas 175.
Name: Glenfarclas 175
Distillery: Glenfarclas (Speyside)
Type: Single Malt Scotch
Age Statement: No Age Statement
Alc/Vol: 43%
The story behind the 175 is one that is highly interesting and also lends to the grandeur of the expression and the occasion it is commemorating. A vatting of casks from 6 different decades (1 cask from each decade from the 1950s-2000s), the expression speaks of a rich history of the distillery, and comes in a smartly design tube with prints of the labels used by the distillery through the years. It is a great story and a well-designed bottle, but how does the taste hold up? Let's have a look!
Nose: Notes indicative of both age and youth can be detected. Coffee, rich spices and mellow sherry. Milk chocolate, and hints of creamy young barley. Nicely balanced stuff (23)
Taste/Palate: Spicy and young with an interesting cereal note and dry cocoa before notes of red fruit come in. The young notes dominate (21)
Finish: A nice pleasant fruity finish is the main star in a slightly light ending in my opinon (21)
Overall: In general, the story behind this whisky really helps it alot. Not as emphatic as I had expected, but it is an otherwise good dram. A real collector's item though! (21) 86/100
Found at: The Connoisseur Emporium
Bottled this year to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Glenfarclas
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