Glenfarclas 1989 The Family Casks
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenfarclas |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Bottled Year | 2012 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
dark gold
air Nose
oh, this one is much wilder and much less fruity, as if there was quite some peat. Were they already distilling peated malt at Caperdonich in 1968? All on toasted wood, wood smoke, charcoal, malt, roasted nuts, roasted tea (Japanese hochicha or hojicha), a little mint and eucalyptus... Wait, a lot of mint and eucalyptus. Even whiffs of wet dog (good dog!) And then the same notes of fresh almonds and marzipan as in the one for The Nectar. Certainly less spectacular but a I must say I adore this wildness. Okay, the palate will determine the outcome
restaurant Palate
hmm, this is tough. Closer to its twin cask now but certainly more phenolic again, more resinous, slightly bigger despite a lower ABV, also a little less woody... Beautiful notes of crystallised oranges, orange blossom water, fir honey, cough syrup, hints of peat... The distillate should have been the same, maybe this was an ex-Islay cask or something?
timer Finish
no woodiness and a big ‘honeyness’ instead, with always these beautiful resinous notes and quite some salt like in the 1972. What a big old Caperdonich! You got it, I like it even better than its siblings, even if it’s really a matter of personal tastes as always. 91 points. MUSIC – Recommended listening: a sweet and brilliant little song Miami style called I can't dig it baby.mp 3 by Little Beaver aka Willile Hale. Please but Little Beaver's music. October 24, 2007 PETE McPEAT AND JACK WASHBACK (thanks, David at Whisky-Distilleries) TASTING - A PART OF GLENFARCLAS' FAMILY JEWELS Glenfarclas 1989/2007 (60%, OB 'Family Casks', cask #11721, 600 bottles) From a sherry butt. You probably already know that Glenfarclas, in very armagnacesque manners, managed to bottle a cask of every single vintage from 1952 to 1994. The old ones are rather fairly priced we think - £700 for the 1953 - but the young ones are quite expensive - £115 for the 1994 - which is unusual with Glenfarclas. Anyway, we already tried a few vintages (some being absolutely great) from this new series that was officially launched in September in London. Alas, we couldn't make it to the swinging city this time but our special MM correspondent Ulf Buxrud, who could attend the event, will hopefully manage to write a few lines about it on MM. Let’s try the 1989 now if you please
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