Intense cooked apples, pears, dominant Oloroso sherry, raisins — concentrated
Sherry explosion — liquorice, dates, Brazil nuts, orange peel, sultanas, figs, dark chocolate bitterness, ginger, clove, nutmeg
Long, spicy, warming, drying oak — a few drops of water rewards
Glenfarclas 105 20 — aged cask strength. Long Oloroso. Family-owned Grants. 60%.
Cooked apple and Oloroso nose. Sherry explosion palate. Long warming finish. Quintessential sherry bomb.
Glenfarclas 105 20 earns a 9 — outstanding bang-for-buck cask-strength Speysider at £165. The aged 105 with extra Oloroso depth.
Joe has spent over fifteen years immersed in the whiskey industry, beginning his career at a Speyside distillery before moving into drinks journalism. As Editor-in-Chief at Whiskeyful.com, he oversees...
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