Whisky Review/Tasting: Glenfarclas 40 Years

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Nosing 5:34
Whisky.com reviews the Glenfarclas 40 Years miniature.
The nose:
Fresh fruits, vanilla, caramel, old leather, oak
The taste:
Sultanas, malt, dates, nuts, spicy, oak
The finish:
Medium
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[@milhousejoshi]

It seems the bottle shape is inspired by the shape of the pot still itself. A great esthetic choice and an example of how Glenfarchlas has an attention to detail. Love this beautiful Speyside whisky.

[@mikerowsdower9896]

This makes my dram of the Glenlivet 12 I'm having tonight seem inadequate. ;)

[@SamuraiChris78]

Yum, the Glenlivet is my favorite scotch! Great choice!

[@oioimansweden9121]

Glenlivet 14 Year Old, Single Cask Edition, Pullman Water Level Route is godlike, best sub 300 quid scotch I have had in my life www.whiskyshopusa.com/glenlivet-single-cask-edition-pullman-water-level-route/

[@rong2912]

You will never experience whisky the way that this master experiences it.

[@toddstevens6608]

Luening is my boy! Where's our guy?

[@noem1sa]

Guy Ritchie watched this video before creating The Gentlemen

[@Matthewsoftball]

“Don’t play around with your whiskey “

[@brianglass8310]

If old glenfarclas is what you want, then this old glenfarclas is for you

[@carscigarsscotchnwatches5158]

Horst, thanks for the review. I just had this one at a scotch event last night. I was very underwhelmed by this one. Considering how great the 25 year is, I expected more from this 40. It did not bring the complexity that the 25 has and it seemed almost over aged to me. Not a bad dram, just not as great as the 25 in my opinion. And certainly not worth the price. Unfortunate.

[@Nokomisclub]

I got a really Oaky one 3 years ago (when it was $400). Made me kind of lose enthusiasm for the price/value ratio for super old whiskey, even at that price.

[@likeorasgod]

I was going to order a bottle of this for my 40th birthday three years ago, but got laid off shortly before I did. I might still get a bottle of it as 45 or 50 is still aways lol

[@kian765]

I always avoid older 21 25 30 40 year old glenfarclas nowadays. The batch variation is huge and some are really very poor - way too oaky and sour, although some can be amazingly good. Given the money they ask you to shell out you can still do a lot better for your money elsewhere - way too much of a gamble for me unfortunately. Safer bet is the family cask range - some real gems to be found but damned expensive though.

[@zackdl]

How expensive is the miniature bottle?

[@Noble_Oak]

42,90€ ;-) (30.9.2016)

[@janteun3]

In Europa it cost 100 euro 40 year old small minituuur bottle expensive to expensive vor 1 good glas 😂

[@Maltmeister1]

dont you think at this age its lost so much of its vitality...like an old man by the fire smoking a pipe with slippers and a housecoat on.