Glenfarclas 50 Year Old 1964 vintage 'Speyside's Finest' single malt Scotch whisky. Special commemorative bottling to mark the 100th anniversary of Fred Douglas Laing - founder of Douglas Laing & Co. Single cask bottled on 18th December 2014 for the Xtra Old Particular series. 252 bottles.

Glenfarclas

Glenfarclas Distillery was established by Robert Hay in Speyside in 1836. John Grant purchased Glenfarclas in 1865 and it has remained in the ownership of the Grant family ever since. The interior of the visitor centre is stunning, the walls are lined with the original oak panels salvaged from a lounge on the liner SS Empress of Australia when she was scrapped 1952. Ace sherry casks underpin the ethos of Glenfarclas malt whisky, having released its first cask strength single malt way back in 1968 and in 1973 became the third to open a distillery visitor centre. Glenfarclas Distillery participates in the Spirit of Speyside whisky festival.

Nose: Big, round full of dark macerated fruit, light smoke, fruit cake and molasses on the nose.

Taste: The palate is softer now and more subtly sugared, lightly oaked, fudge, oily and syrupy.

Finish: the drier finish reveals pepper + waves of vanilla, orange pith, expresso and mixed spices.