We'll all like the super rare and sexy drams but, let's face it, core expressions are often fantastic and are inexpensive enough to allow the typical whisky lover to enjoy them as "daily drinkers."
Glenfarclas, as discussed in the past, is a fantastic independant and family owned distillery famous for scotch whisky aged in ex-sherry casks. Here we're talking about the 12 year old which is not what Glenfarclas is famous for - let's face it, we know them for their older expressions. Let's shine a light on this one...
Colour: mid-to-dark amber
Nose: sweet with orange tones - orange marmalade, mayb? Nice, clean sherry notes that I recognize as typical for aging in oloroso sherry casks. Not heavy... fresher and with orange zest. Some molasses in there and I get some light coffee notes.
Palate: sweet and with classic Glenfarclas flavours but brighter and fresher rather than the super-matured notes 'farclas is probably famous for. Dark honey and orange zest with some juicy grape that leads to spices and a drying on the toungue. Side note - drying on the toungue also seems typical of aging in oloroso sherry casks. Its interesting that this does not cause a furry feeling on the roof of the mouth and toungue that I noticed in some other oloroso-aged whiskies recently. I suspect that feeling comes from sulfur contamination which Glenfarclas seems to have totally avoided in all its expressions. Good stuff! This is clean and bright. Some butterscotch tones come through as you let it open as well.
Finish: medium. Drying. Doesn't seem to stretch quite as far into the chest as the more mature ones do. Not a negative thing, just saying!
Overall, this a very good daily dram if you are looking for a sherry aged profile. Clean and wel made.
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