Glenfarclas The Family Casks 1997 23 Year Old Cask 5964 4th Fill Butt Summer 2021 Release

Glenfarclas The Family Casks 1997 is a single-cask Speyside single malt from the Summer 2021 release of the Family Casks series, the Grant family's range of vintage single casks from their own warehouses. Distilled in 1997 and bottled on 11 June 2021 at around 23 years of age, it comes from cask 5964, a fourth-fill sherry butt that yielded 565 bottles. It is bottled at its natural cask strength of 58.9% ABV, without chill filtration or added colour, in a 700ml bottle presented in a wooden box. Expect sultanas, dark cherry, toffee and polished oak on the nose, a bold palate of sherry-soaked raisins, fruit cake, roasted nuts and dark chocolate, and a long finish of dried fruit, cocoa and oak.

Nose: Sultanas, dark cherry and caramelised fruit, with polished oak, toffee, cocoa, cinnamon and citrus zest.

Palate: Sherry-soaked raisins, fruit cake, roasted nuts and dark chocolate, with oak spice, sweet malt and orange oil.

Finish: Long and warming, with dried fruit, dark chocolate, gentle spice and mature oak.

Serve: Neat; a few drops of water open it up at full cask strength.