Glenfarclas 1953 The Coronation 1953-2013
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenfarclas |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1953 |
| Bottled Year | 2013 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 51.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
full gold
air Nose
just like its brothers it's impressively fresh and you can really feel that the oak worked as an asset, never as an invading problem. The main difference with the 'old young one', as often, is that there's more sap and waxes in this one, maybe more camphor and mint, more polished wood (obviously)... Other than that, we rather have some sherry, prunes, raisins, quite some wood and tobacco smoke and then a growing chocolaty side. In the background, touches of leather, sandalwood and old roses. Implacable. BTW these are also great in a large 'cognac' glass - actually we aren't far from some great old cognac at all. With water: even great old casks can have OBE. Or OCE? It's a little more metallic and the spices come out more, with cloves, star anise, cinnamon, then more pipe tobacco (the juicy black ones). Perfect
restaurant Palate
the oak bites a bit when it arrives, with all this bitter chocolate, but that's more than normal. The good news is that what comes along is quite brilliant, prunes, various raisins, blackberries (big time!), tangerines and mangos, a bit of flor perhaps, touches of bacon, tobacco... In truth everything's there and the way the fruits are counterbalancing the oak is quite spectacular. With water: do you really want to know? As expected, the oak got louder but there's also more mint, camphor, cough lozenges, tar and liquorice, so all more than fine
timer Finish
very long. Spicy orange marmalade and chocolate plus myriads of tinier flavours. Some kind of smoky liquorice in the aftertaste
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