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Glenfarclas 12 Years Old Reviews
- Distillery
- Glenfarclas
- Style
- Single Malt
- Release
- Unspecified
- Age
- 12 Years
- Alcohol
- 43% abv.
- Region
- Scotland, Highlands
- Bottled For
- Distillery
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An amber-gold, offering delightful fruit, oak and sweet sensations, finish long and flavoursome.
Glenfarclas 12 Years Old
Review by Ben L.
- Color
- A deep amber
- Nose
- Cristmas medicine to restore the memories.
- Body
- Warms the mouth a bit, not too tingly.
- Palate
- Sweet deep down, a candy cane liqueur.
- Finish
- It makes your throat happy for a while before bidding you adieu.
A warming dram for a snowy day and a good companion the year through. Perhaps the good life isn't so far away after all.
Glenfarclas 12 Years Old
Review by Anonymous
- Color
- Pale amber
- Nose
- Vanilla oak
- Body
- Light on the tongue, then thickens.
- Palate
- An elegant level of peat (not too soft, not too strong)
- Finish
- A slight afterburn.
Can be sipped straight. I think this could be my new favorite over Laphroaig.
Glenfarclas 12 Years Old
Review by Eye-lah Guy
- Color
- Copper amber in the glass with sheer legs
- Nose
- Cinnamon and vanilla nose with "VT Fancy maple syrup," pears, distinct malt, and a hint of the most delicate sherry.
- Body
- Medium
- Palate
- A sock to the palate with a myriad of sensations: brassy molasses, woody tannins, sherry most subtle, sour apple, and fiery oak, and inherent undertones of copper tartness, expertly balanced.
- Finish
- The finish crashes the party, but is long and extremely warm, with oak char and razor sharp grain, simmering down to the amiable aroma of sweet rum pipe tobacco on a warm summer night.
This is a sherry casker done with the subtlety most of it's peers have not approached. In avoidance of featuring the overdone sherry cask aura and relegating it to supplanting the malt, comes exquisite genius of simplicity; this is a complex character requiring multiple tastings and rewritings. Do those copper pot stills (“the largest on Speyside!”) account for the brassiness? Outstanding.