Glenfarclas 1965 SMWS 1.108 Stirs the emotions
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenfarclas |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1965 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | 38년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.7% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
full gold with bronze hues
air Nose
not extremely different from the 1983. Very powerful, quite spirity, nutty and as grassy as the 1983. Very nice notes of cold cuts and soy sauce in the background but the high alcohol does mask them a bit. Water needed: okay, that didn’t work that much, the whisky didn’t get any more complex, just more vanilled and caramelised, with also a little mint and a little pine resin. Excellent compactness and no single flaw whatsoever but this one is a little less entertaining than the 1983 I think
restaurant Palate
easier to ‘absorb’ than to nose when neat but the alcohol does dominate the whole – no wonder. Let’s reduce it right away… That worked better than with the nose even if again, it didn’t really get hugely complex. Rather waxy, candied, honeyed, fruity (dried oranges and quinces) and spicy (white pepper) but maybe a little drying, tannic… But the whole is very satisfying. Long finish on candy sugar and tea, again a little drying… Excellent whisky but maybe this one is more for people actually born in 1974 than for hardcore whisky fans. I liked the 1983 better. 86 points . Glenfarclas 1965/2007 (60%, OB, Family Casks, butt, cask #3861, 417 bottles) An amazing strength at 42 years old (no typo!)