Whisky Glenfarclas 2001 "Family Casks" (58,9%), gift box, 0.7 L
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2001
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58.9% (Cask Strength)
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Tasting Notes
Whiskey is characterized by "Autumn" straw-golden color.
The taste of whiskey - creamy, with a fine layer of the notes of iris, sweet and honey. Try this whiskey, you would never believe that there a high percentage of alcohol. The finish is short.
The aroma of the whiskey is very powerful. The dominant colors are fresh sherry, which are complemented by notes of vanilla, spices and molasses.
Whiskey is perfect as a digestif, and in addition to the cigar.
Interesting Facts
Series whiskey Family Casks - is a unique collection of elite aged alcohol, which includes 43 vintage single malts, representing a sequence without a gap year from 1952 to 1994. At the company's warehouses Glenfarclas currently maintains more than 52 thousand different drums, including drums, which contain whiskey each crop year, since 1952. Thus, it turns out that the collection "Family Kasks" fall as a result of a careful selection of only the best whiskey one crop year, which are bottled at cask strength and contain no dyes. Such a collection can not boast of any other distillery. All this collection of whiskey sold in individual or wooden gift box.
Whiskey Glenfarclas Family Casks 1995 aged in barrels number 6612 of sherry for 15 years. He was bottled in 2010. Gorgeous, full-bodied whiskey has a taste that will not disappoint even after the first strong impression on its flavor. Number of bottles placed on the market has only 650 pieces.
Glenfarklas distillery was built in 1836 as part of a farm that belonged to John Grant. He put quite a successful start of production, and very soon it became a popular malt whiskey in the area, thanks to its high quality. Glenfarclas distillery name translated from gellskogo language means "Valley of the green grass." The distillery is located at the foot of the mountain Ben Rinnes, which grows on the slopes of heather. It is from sources coming down from the mountain, the distillery provides a clean soft spring vodoy.Sekret special bouquet of Glenfarclas whiskey is not only a high quality water, but also the use of certain varieties of barley, which grows near in the valley of special yeast, traditional methods of distillation (Glenfarkslas proud of its six largest in Scotland stills) and long aging in barrels of sherry Fino and Oloroso. Currently, John and his son George are respectively the fifth and sixth generation of the family Grant and continue to improve the art of whiskey production.