GLENFARCLAS 1953 CASK 1674 (58 YEARS)
Glenfarclas 1953 cask 1674 (58 Years)
The whisky was distilled on 20th November 1953 and bottled on 13th February 2012, matured exclusively in a first fill sherry butt #1674
It was chosen by a panel consisting of Serge Valentin, key member of the internationally renowned Malt Maniacs, our Sales Director Ben Ellefsen, Michal Kowalski of investment company Wealth Solutions and George Grant, of Glenfarclas.
They assessed the distillery’s rarest and oldest stock, the remaining 4 casks distilled in 1953, and unanimously selected cask 1674 for bottling.
It’s a Spanish sherry cask filled on 20 November 1953, and the angels have been greedy – after 58 years of slow maturation in Glenfarclas’ traditional Highland Dunnage warehouses, the 1953 cask yielded just 400 bottles.
This exceptional whisky is of course bottled at cask strength and is naturally coloured and non-chill filtered.
This exceptional whisky deserves a special setting. Each bottle is accompanied by a special book written by Ian Buxton, a well-known Scotch whisky enthusiast and writer, the author of the official history of the Glenfarclas distillery entitled Glenfarclas – An Independent Distillery. The whole set is enclosed in a plain oak box.
Taste: Smooth and fresh; not as sweet as expected and quite tannic/mouth drying with some spice. A long, rounded warming finish.
