Glenfarclas 1970 Family Cask (Cask 2030) Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Glenfarclas 1970 Family Cask (Cask 2030)

Added on Friday, Jan 18, 2013 at 09:39 AM

Bottler:

Age:	N/A	Type:	Scotch
Vintage:	1970	Subtype:	Single Malt
ABV:	56.90 %	Region:	Speyside
Price:	$580	Availability:	Specialty Stores

Cask 2030 Bottled Sept. 20, 2012 134 Bottles

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Member Ratings and Notes

Sku

The nose has huge wood; it's almost bourbon-like. The palate has dry-as-a-bone sherry, chocolate and bourbon. The finish is more of the same.

This is a very intense and unique Glenfarclas. The high oak level makes it dry and bourbony, but it doesn't taste at all over-oaked to me (i.e. one dimensionally woody). Really great stuff.

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Fuji

Resinous/ waxy sherry bomb nose. Lots of stuff here: red apple gummy candy, tobacco, leather, menthol, and spicy mint. The richness and complexity continues onto the palate. Its bitter sweet with prunes, raisins, blackberry, cherry, and dark chocolate. Leather and tobacco linger on the finish. Easy to drink and delicious. Open it immediately if you have a bottle. Its great!

Adam

Heavy dried fruits in the nose, a rich glass of cabernet sauvignon. Rubbery and a little medicinal.

Palate is heavy on those dried fruits, with lots of dark cherries. Raisiny. Full of that varnishy, oaky richness that you find with some whiskies this old. Hints of Dimetapp syrup (the old kind) in the long finish. Nice and chewy.

The rubbery aspect is a weird kind of rubber, and at first a little weird. That evens out and the flavors deepen, and the Dimetapp fades. There's an oddness to it that I can't place a finger on, but I really, highly enjoy it.

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