Glenfarclas 25-year-old

Overall rating: 87.32/100
votes: 1132

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Glenfarclas
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: New Label
Stated Age: 25 years old
Casktype: Sherry Cask
Strength: 43.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Barcode: 5018066254317
Added on: 21 Jul 2007 7:14 pm

Average value

€ 119,55

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Whisky Reviews for Glenfarclas 25-year-old

160 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 87.32 points

dRambo scored this whisky 88 points
13 Nov 2017 2:50 pm
Very nice malt and the youngest of the Glenfarclas standards I really like. More fruit than oak - but a bit closed - you need a little patience until it opens, a gentleman no sherry bomb

Nose

fine, subtly sweet sherry nose, without sulfur and without spicy ingredients, very delicate, very yummy, plum, apricot, some orange marmalade, vanilla, oak of the style old dusty dry loft,

Taste

slightly sweet and sour, tingling oak with a hint of mint, cocoa and nuts, apricot jam, orange peel, pepper, bay leaf, ginger, nutmeg, oak grind dust, oily, high-quality, round and mature but certainly not lax, also the alcohol content is good

Finish

Orange oil, oak, rosemary sharpness, pepper, slightly dry - medium length with Tedenz too long - if enough in the mouth
WhiskyMonster scored this whisky 82 points
19 Feb 2017 2:00 am
Must be one of the cheapest 25yo expressions available making this is great value for money

Nose

Light oak, vanilla, goldern syrup, the damp must of a cellar

Taste

Smooth and almost sickly sweet like Tokai, age has mellowed the spirit to give an unctuous mouthfeel. Some raisins and dried fruit but everything is in balance

Finish

As the taste develops and the sweetness fades, a red wine oak intensifies and gradually diminishes, until at the very end cigar tobacco notes come to the fore
Peated-Boy did not rate this whisky
02 Feb 2017 9:36 pm
For a 25er something lax

Nose

Sherry

Taste

Very sweet and mild

Finish

Short and sweet
Andytka3 scored this whisky 85 points
20 Nov 2016 2:18 am
N-
Another whisky with sinful offering on the nose. Prunes, vanilla cream,
delicious sweet pastry with a touch of savoury salt. You just can go on
nosing this whole day.

P- Open with active wood, minty,
under-ripe honey dew, restrain sweetness, juicy and watery. Grassy.
Not quite there to match the finesse of the aroma.

F- Medium, wood coating and warming. Pleasant, layers with subtle dried fruit and spice, lack depth.

— at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.
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Marko_I did not rate this whisky
16 May 2016 12:09 am
Great whisky, certainly not the best 25 in the world, but the one with the best PLV for this age and still <100 € almost unbeatable.

Nose

first dusty-dry, old wood, old books ... then it opens, lots of nut, nougat, toffee, creamy-sweet ... orange-fruity, orange marmalade, peach compote, dried dates - round, intense scent

Taste

less fruit (some orange and Pfisrsichmarmelade), a lot of chocolaty sweetness, nougat, spicy oak and gentleman's room, old wood, tobacco, leather, a little moder

Finish

Medium dark chocolate and nougat, a bit longer pepper
LordBellamy scored this whisky 83 points
10 Apr 2016 6:18 pm

Nose: well-integrated sherry, not too strong, nougat / hazelnut, some coffee, toffee, orange marmalade Taste: Oranges with sherry, very nutty Finish: medium, nutty / almonds, light toffee notes, some wood Conclusion: delicious, but for the age you would have expected much more complexity, so overall rather disappointing - 83 points
Single Dram did not rate this whisky
26 Mar 2016 4:57 pm
Not
a whisky if your new into malts. Just so you can fully appreciate the
hidden flavours of this dram.

It wouldn't surprise me if the price would rise (March 26th 2016= €105).

Tasting done with and without adding water.There are better whisky's out there at the same price range.

#2016_001

Nose

Complex (with hidden flavours which indicates refill barrels).

Honey, Banana,
Bubblicious bubble gum, Tawny port, and Citrus
notes in the background.

Taste

Baby
bananas (sweet as melted brown sugar), Ruby port, big Saltiness, Smokiness, Oak bitterness, citrus Peal, Pepper.

Finish

Warm as it goes down which makes it very pleasant, Long, and Mouth
watering.

Peat
smokiness, Bitterness, Hand rolling tobacco, Sweetness that reminds me of Pedro Ximenez, Soapy.
Sandman scored this whisky 76 points
10 Oct 2015 3:42 pm
No topper for me, many better Glenfarclas varieties available.

Nose

Red fruit, lemon, honey, apples and vanilla

Taste

Also in the mouth apples, citrus and vanilla. Also a touch of chocolate with a little bit of herbs.

Finish

Short warming finish with chocolate and spices.
filleadh mhòr scored this whisky 85 points
14 Sep 2015 8:55 pm
nosing this is pleasant, drinking is a kind of hard work, if you don't want to miss its qualities. it's obviously not an everyday-dram, but it's not a sunday's drink either. tertium non datur. so when to drink this?

Nose

it needs at least half an hour to open up. fine oloroso, overripe apples, apple compote with raisins, apricot, peach, orange, even some grilled banana with rum, a collection of nuts, almonds, mainly peanuts, some nutmeg, a touch of honey, old leather, tobacco, cedar wood, a mix of coffee and cacao powder. the oak remains in the background, not dominating at all.

Taste

the body is a bit thin. the first impression on the tongue is much more on the bitter side than expected after the rather fruity nose. pretty dry as well. feels a bit like sparkling. slowly you can detect all the scents in the taste as well. it's not an easy drinking malt. calling in your full concentration.

Finish

medium length, some white pepper comes up, the wood enters the front.
DrinkingWhisky scored this whisky 78 points
27 Aug 2015 5:18 pm
Tasted during a blind tasting competition in June 2015.

Nose

Vanille, hout, hooiig/grastonen op de achtergrond; heeft iets van een alcoholpunch.

Taste

Cremige textuur, romig, vanille komt sterk terug, kruidig, hinten van anijs. Met water erbij wordt ie wat scherper.

Finish

Warme, middellange finish bovenin achterin verhemelte.

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