Glenfarclas 1979 K&L Exclusive Family Cask 8072 (bottled 2012)
Easy-drinking, atypical Glenfarclas
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- Brand: Glenfarclas
- Type: Scotch
- Region: Speyside
- ABV: 41.7%
Nose: Wow, very light. Pure strawberries and raspberries in vanilla cream. Malt and grssy. Hints of rubber and some menthol. Red fruit with lemon juice on it. Waxy-smoke (or smokey wax) and some roasted nuts.
Palate: Light and some bitter wood. A little oily. Bitterness in sort of a stale, weak coffee way. Silky. More on lingonberries and the kind of wood that you get from clean ex-bourbon barrels. Apples and bitter pecans. Even milk-fat.
Finish: The bitterness gives way to a very subtle chocolate-coffee-waxy-smoke. Pleasant red fruit and grass, and it remains very oily. More milk-fat and butter, almost like praline ice cream that's melted at room temperature. I really like this.
This is very much unlike the usual Glenfarclas sherry-monster, and, if you go in thinking that this is what it is, you'll be disappointed. This is a definite role-player, but it's very light and won't overwhelm you.
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Thank you very much for reviewing this. I am vacationing in SF late summer, and this is high on my list of K&L exclusives to bring home with me. I wish the ABV was a bit higher, but am thrilled and intrigued by the minimal sherry influence in this Glenfarclas. If this was even 100.00 cheaper, I would not be hesitating at all. But at 300.00. Wow. I've never paid that much for a bottle.
Your descriptions sound wonderful, but addressing the price, do you feel this was worthwhile purchase? Morever, would you consider purchasing another bottle.
Just FYI, I am also cosidering K&L bottlings of 16YO Clynelish and 17 YO Imperial (assuming it arrives in time). Any other K&L bottles you would recommend?