Glenfarclas 29 Year Old 1992 The Family Casks Single Cask

Glenfarclas 29 Year Old 1992 The Family Casks Single Cask is a private single cask selection of Speyside single malt Scotch whisky from the Grant family's distillery at Ballindalloch. Distilled in 1992, it was bottled on 20 January 2022 at 29 years of age and 52.6% ABV, in a 700ml bottle. This is old-school, heavily sherried Glenfarclas, dark and dense, with a tropical fruit streak running through the dried fruit, leather and treacle. Whisky writer Serge Valentin of Whiskyfun scored it 91 points, praising the tension between freshness, fruitiness and intense sherry character. The Family Casks collection was made possible by the foresight of George S Grant, and today the distillery holds casks from the last eight decades, so each bottling captures a single year. A memorable bottle for a 1992 birth year or anniversary.

Tasting Notes: Old-style sherry, candied and tropical fruit, chocolate, leather and treacle.

Nose: Rich and nutty sherry with candied fruit, dark chocolate, liquorice and treacle, then mango, papaya and nectarine, fine leather and a touch of menthol.

Palate: Chocolate, supple leather and fruity tobacco; sticky toffee pudding, dried fruit and cracked nuts, more mango and plum, with anise and liquorice spice.

Finish: Long, elegant and rich, with fruitcake, treacle, liquorice, chocolate and spice.

Serve: Neat in a nosing glass; a few drops of water will open up the fruit.