Glenfarclas 18 Years
This 18-year-old expression from Glenfarclas was created for the travel value market. It's now a direct competitor for the 17-year-old Glenfarclas from the standard range. A complex Single Malt with lots of Sherry.
This 18-year-old expression from Glenfarclas was created for the travel value market. It's now a direct competitor for the 17-year-old Glenfarclas from the standard range. A complex Single Malt with lots of Sherry.
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| 5911 | |
| Glenfarclas | |
| Scotland, Speyside | |
| Single Malt Whisky | |
| 18 Years | |
| 43% | |
| 1 l | |
| Original bottling | |
| Sherry | |
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| Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
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Nosing
Sweet:
Sherry:
Fruit:
Zitrus:
Honey:
Vanilla:
Oak:
Caramel:
Raisin:
Nuts:
Lime:
Malt:
Spices:
Plum:
Orange:
Dried Fruit:
Herbs:
Herb:
Chocolate:
Coffee:
Grape:
Heather:
Berries:
Almonds:
Apple:
Date:
Peach:
Cinnamon:
Alcohol:
Dark Chocolate:
Peat Smoke:
Lemon:
Black Currant:
Cake:
Fig:
Banana:
Walnut:
Green Apple:
Floral:
Pepper:
Oil:
Pear:
Cherry:
Grapefruit:
Strawberry:
Tasting
Sweet:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Oak:
Honey:
Nuts:
Zitrus:
Spices:
Caramel:
Vanilla:
Herb:
Oil:
Almonds:
Lemon:
Plum:
Dried Fruit:
Coffee:
Malt:
Apple:
Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Peat Smoke:
Alcohol:
Berries:
Raisin:
Orange:
Date:
Grapefruit:
Peach:
Nutmeg:
Grape:
Banana:
Cherry:
Lime:
Walnut:
Herbs:
Lemon Peel:
Cake:
Chili:
Cinnamon:
Fig:
Ham:
Ginger:
Floral:
Tobacco:
Pepper:
Leather:
Pineapple:
Finish
Oak:
Spices:
Sherry:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Herb:
Dark Chocolate:
Oil:
Malt:
Vanilla:
Chocolate:
Zitrus:
Honey:
Cake:
Dried Fruit:
Peat Smoke:
Chili:
Almonds:
Cherry:
Herbs:
Caramel:
Tobacco:
Grape:
Plum:
Raisin:
Leather:
Grass:
Alcohol:
Lemon:
Berries:
Maritime Notes:
Cinnamon:
Clove:
Seaweed:
Nutmeg:
Ginger:
Coffee:
Orange:
Pepper:
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Quality rating of this bottle
4.3
Rate
228
142
Quality comparison of bottles
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Tasting notes of elbergo:
09. Sep 2018
All tasting notes
06. Dec 2023
19. Nov 2018
Nosing: 
Immediate sherry nose. Fruity and citrussy, almost lime notes. Honey and butter toffee sweetness.
Taste: 
Sweet arrival, amost immediately dries out a bit. Dried fruit, particularly raisin. Lemon peel develops towards the end. Toffee throughout. Some oak builds up towards the end keeping the sweetness under control.
Finish: 
Long, very long. Lots of residual sweetness, spicy oakiness and some nuttiness.
Comment:
I've yet to come across a Glenfarclas that I truly dislike. This is however a bit of a strange beast compared to their other standard releases. It is a great deal heavier on the oak than the rest of the range, but not unpleasantly so. You definitely have to treat it differently though. If you just pour and go with this one it comes across as awkward and disjointed. However, if you give it half a teaspoon of water and leave it in the glass for 10 minutes it completely transforms. The nose is truly excellent, and while I think the oak levels are a little too high overall, it still represents really good value given the price for a 1 litre release. Not as good as the 15 year old in my opinion, but definitely worth picking up over some of the other things you see in duty free these days.
Immediate sherry nose. Fruity and citrussy, almost lime notes. Honey and butter toffee sweetness.
Taste:
Sweet arrival, amost immediately dries out a bit. Dried fruit, particularly raisin. Lemon peel develops towards the end. Toffee throughout. Some oak builds up towards the end keeping the sweetness under control.
Finish:
Long, very long. Lots of residual sweetness, spicy oakiness and some nuttiness.
Comment:
I've yet to come across a Glenfarclas that I truly dislike. This is however a bit of a strange beast compared to their other standard releases. It is a great deal heavier on the oak than the rest of the range, but not unpleasantly so. You definitely have to treat it differently though. If you just pour and go with this one it comes across as awkward and disjointed. However, if you give it half a teaspoon of water and leave it in the glass for 10 minutes it completely transforms. The nose is truly excellent, and while I think the oak levels are a little too high overall, it still represents really good value given the price for a 1 litre release. Not as good as the 15 year old in my opinion, but definitely worth picking up over some of the other things you see in duty free these days.
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