This extraordinary release from the renowned family-owned Glenfarclas Distillery (Speyside, Scotland) is a single-cask bottling distilled on 4 November 1977, matured for a full 44 years in cask #7284, and bottled on 21 September 2022. Only 189 bottles were produced — each individually numbered.
With this level of age, provenance, and limited outturn, this is a landmark release for both serious drinkers and collectors.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep amber-gold with mahogany nuances — reflecting the intensity of nearly half a century’s maturation.
Nose: An opulent bouquet opens with rich dried fruits — figs, raisins, candied orange peel — followed by elegant spice (cinnamon, clove), subtle leather and old polished oak. Time has allowed delicate cocoa and tobacco leaf to develop, layered above the hallmark Glenfarclas sherried malt core.
Palate: Full-bodied and luxuriously rich. The palate presents a tapestry of dark treacle, over-ripe orchard fruit, burnt toffee, and malted barley sweetness, under-pinned by refined oak spice, gentle tannin, and long-managed wood influence. The 44 years bring an exceptional depth and complexity.
Finish: Very long and lingering: the after-taste holds on with dried cherry, old mahogany, toasted nut, and a trace of sea salt minerality that hints at the Speyside location. The maturity means no harsh edges — just refined complexity.
Type: Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Single Cask release.
Collector’s Note
This is undeniably a rarity: a 44-year-old bottling from Glenfarclas, in single-cask format, with a very small outturn. For connoisseurs and collectors seeking a benchmark whisky with pedigree, this is one of the finest of its kind. Given Glenfarclas’s strong reputation for sherried maturation and family stewardship, this bottle offers not just superb flavour, but provenance, scarcity and investment appeal.
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