Glenfarclas 10 Years

The most affordable single malt from Glenfarclas, one of the few privately owned distilleries in Scotland, is fresh, full-bodied and has a nice sherry sweetness.

The most affordable single malt from Glenfarclas, one of the few privately owned distilleries in Scotland, is fresh, full-bodied and has a nice sherry sweetness.

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Glenfarclas
Scotland, Speyside
Single Malt Whisky
10 Years
40%
0.7 l
Original bottling
Sherry - Oloroso, Sherry Refill
Chill filtration - With
Average tasting notes Tasting notes
Calculated from 179 Tasting Notes
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Nosing
Sherry:
Sherry:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Malt:
Malt:
Fruit:
Spices:
Spices:
Peat Smoke:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Oak:
Oak:
Peat Smoke:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Nuts:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Honey:
Honey:
Alcohol:
Dried Fruit:
Dried Fruit:
Alcohol:
Apple:
Pear:
Pear:
Apple:
Peach:
Raisin:
Raisin:
Herb:
Herb:
Peach:
Banana:
Almonds:
Almonds:
Lemon:
Banana:
Lemon:
Strawberry:
Cherry:
Herbs:
Herbs:
Strawberry:
Cherry:
Nuts:
Wheat:
Barley:
Date:
Lemon Peel:
Wheat:
Green Apple:
Lemon Peel:
Date:
Green Apple:
Barley:
Fig:
Fig:
Walnut:
Pepper:
Nutmeg:
Oil:
Coffee:
Grapefruit:
Dark Chocolate:
Berries:
Chocolate:
Grass:
Plum:
Chili:
Orange:
Cinnamon:
Heather:
Hazelnut:
Melon:
Plum:
Nutmeg:
Grapefruit:
Coffee:
Cinnamon:
Chili:
Grass:
Chocolate:
Oil:
Orange:
Floral:
Melon:
Floral:
Pepper:
Hazelnut:
Walnut:
Dark Chocolate:
Heather:
Berries:
Tasting
Sherry:
Sherry:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Malt:
Malt:
Fruit:
Spices:
Spices:
Oak:
Oak:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Dried Fruit:
Dried Fruit:
Nuts:
Honey:
Honey:
Herb:
Peat Smoke:
Herb:
Chili:
Apple:
Chili:
Apple:
Cinnamon:
Pear:
Pear:
Cinnamon:
Lemon:
Lemon:
Herbs:
Peat Smoke:
Caramel:
Peach:
Oil:
Nuts:
Herbs:
Caramel:
Oil:
Peach:
Clove:
Clove:
Pepper:
Pepper:
Raisin:
Barley:
Almonds:
Orange:
Raisin:
Barley:
Orange:
Pineapple:
Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Almonds:
Pineapple:
Green Apple:
Berries:
Dark Chocolate:
Alcohol:
Green Apple:
Date:
Plum:
Dark Chocolate:
Heather:
Date:
Alcohol:
Heather:
Plum:
Berries:
Fig:
Tropical Fruit:
Grass:
Leather:
Cherry:
Cake:
Bonfire Smoke:
Hay:
Leather:
Hazelnut:
Nutmeg:
Bonfire Smoke:
Cherry:
Fig:
Cake:
Tropical Fruit:
Grass:
Grape:
Hay:
Hazelnut:
Nutmeg:
Grape:
Finish
Spices:
Spices:
Sherry:
Sherry:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Oak:
Oak:
Malt:
Malt:
Fruit:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Herb:
Herb:
Oil:
Oil:
Chili:
Chili:
Zitrus:
Peat Smoke:
Zitrus:
Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Vanilla:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Vanilla:
Raisin:
Coffee:
Nuts:
Coffee:
Alcohol:
Alcohol:
Raisin:
Peat Smoke:
Berries:
Berries:
Apple:
Dark Chocolate:
Apple:
Honey:
Herbs:
Honey:
Pear:
Dark Chocolate:
Herbs:
Pear:
Peach:
Pepper:
Seaweed:
Almonds:
Cake:
Clove:
Cherry:
Maritime Notes:
Green Apple:
Tobacco:
Heather:
Seaweed:
Green Apple:
Tobacco:
Pepper:
Grass:
Heather:
Orange:
Dried Fruit:
Cherry:
Peach:
Orange:
Grass:
Dried Fruit:
Lemon:
Clove:
Maritime Notes:
Cake:
Almonds:
Lemon:

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biochem95
02. Sep 2017
Nosing: Peat Smoke Sherry Fruit Vanilla Caramel Dried Fruit Walnut Raisin Sweet Malt Pear cereals

Taste: smooth mouth-watering Malt Vanilla Caramel Sweet Oak Dried Fruit Spices slight bitterness

Finish: medium Spices Malt Oak smooth

Comment: Quite nice, but I have expected it to be more fruity due to maturation in olorosso sherry casks
Torfkopp
14. Nov 2010
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MADNES82
24. Jun 2017