NV Glenfarclas 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 46%

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  11/30/2020 - Papies wrote:

  A big whisky albeit a 15yr old, and with a lot of presence . Good toffee, spice and soft kiss of peat on the flavor side and this is a very good example of the style. solid.

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  11/22/2016 - PSPatrick wrote: 88 Points

  5cl sample. With Elmar and Darryl. The whisky was medium amber-golden in colour and offered light tar, malt, butterscotch, earth and hints of dried fruits on the nose. On the palate the wine showed dried fruits, earthy notes and a touch of smoke, with warming alcohol and very good length. Seemed less sweet then the Glenfarclas Multi Vintage Trilogy Team. O.K.
  
  Interestingly, the whisky became dull and bland after adding just a few drops of water. Also, when we revisited the glass a while later this whisky only smelled of motor oil and plastic; weird.

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  4/20/2015 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:

  sweet, toffee nose
  Big whisky! Spicy. Full body, rich with malty toffee notes
  Sweet tobacco and a rum-like quality
  Finish shows lots of oloroso character with walnuts and molasses
  very long

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  2/21/2015 - Soteriologist Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Note dated 10/11/2015: Sipping on the last drops of my bottle as I write this. The considerable residual sherry influence, I think, consists mainly in the briny licorice note, the burnt, oxidized connotation (no, that isn't mild peat, it is a note of oxidization which I think comes from the sherry) and its strong dryness in the length. As far as that aspect is concerned, see this video here. Takes a few weeks after opening the bottle to show what it has. Also, this whisky needs adding water. If you do not consider these two points you might be missing out on some of this good stuff's potential.
  
  Note dated 05/22/2015: No, it's not exactly losing against the Bunnahabhain 12, the preference seems to just depend on the mood of the day.
  
  Original note, 02/21/2015: Tasted anew out of my own bottle. I find this extraordinary and a definite notch up from the Balvenie 12 Doublewood.
  Uncolored amber. Nose nice, dark and spacey, glue/shoe polish note, butter scotch, marzipan and cinnamon. Palate powerful arrival (hence not a bad idea to add a teaspoon of water) and unsweetened licorice (this would make me recognize it blindly) and/or coca cola. Marvellously integrated burnt (not smoky !) note. In the length oak and a somewhat salty and soapy or even sulfuric note which bothers me a little. I would say that it loses ever so slightly against the Bunnahabhain 12. But the real contender is the Glendronach Revival Aged 15 Years which I herewith declare clearly beats it too. The comparative statements here are based on simultaneous tastings.

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  6/3/2010 - peterkj wrote: 86 Points

  Whiskysmagning – Glenfarclas (Singlemalt-shop, Kulturstaldene): Farve: Rav. Aroma: Lyng, malt, hasselnød, lidt sprit med oloroso nedenunder, vanillie, aske. Smag: Fyldig, lille tørv, appelsin, træ. Eftersmag: Lang, varmer. Pris: 450 kr. Karakter: 10,2

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