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Glenfarclas 15 Year

Scotch Scotland

This is a Europe only release from Glenfarclas, nestled between their 12yr and 17yr core offering.

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Aggregated Reviews

Raided Score: 84
Whiskyfun
By Serge
I just couldn’t tell you which one I like best, between the 10 and the 15. Both are top class in their categories.
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Raided Score: 91
Distiller
By Blair Phillips
The finish is long with nutty Christmas cake returning with a pleasant bitterness that wraps everything up into a tight package with a bow on it.
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House Review

Nose:
There is a lot of honey and sherry, there's figs and strawberries. Its a syrupy sweet nose and there's also a brief waft of wine. There's a tiny bit of that Farclas Funk (band name pending).
Taste:
Much lighter than I expected. This is very very reminiscent of the 12 and the extra 3 years in sherry doesn't seem to have impacted nearly as much as I was inferring it would. Its a bit hot and the sherry gives way to the heat. There's some nice leather, clove and spice to balance and some thin strawberry to finish up.
Finish:
The finish is medium long but surprisingly hot. For the proof, its oddly astringent. There's some woody spice with more sherry and clove. It's funky, and much hotter than I expected, which really threw me for a loop.
Overall:
I wanted to like this much more than I did in the end. Its good, and I'm not sure of the price, but I don't feel like I'm missing out. Its hot and a little bit all over the place.
Score:
80
By t8ke
Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources

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