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
스페이사이드 벤리니스 산자락, 글렌파클라스 증류소가 자리한 차가운 골짜기와 셰리 전통이 만난 풍토에서 1965년산이 빚어졌다. 38년 숙성 잔에는 진한 마호가니빛이 깊게 머문다. 향에는 마른 무화과와 가죽, 잘 익은 자두가 또렷이 깃들어 있다. 입에서는 흑설탕과 정향, 다크 초콜릿이 풀바디로 입천장을 덮고 59.7도의 강한 도수는 두꺼운 질감으로 흐른다. 셰리 단맛과 가죽 여운이 길고 단단하다.
AITasting 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!)