Glenfarclas 40 Year Old 1975 Family Casks Release Winter 2015 Cask #1185 - 45% 70cl

Glenfarclas The Family Casks 1975 40 year old 4th Fill Hogshead is a fantastic Family Cask, distilled in 1975 and put into Cask 1185, a single 4th fill Hogshead.

In 2007, Glenfarclas launched The Family Casks range. At first the collection consisted of 43 single cask, vintage single malts, spanning 1952 to 2004. As stocks dwindled, the series has gone through several reincarnations, resulting in more than 380 vintages from 1953 to 2004

The Family Cask Collection offers the whisky connoisseur the opportunity to sample the full range of Glenfarclas single malts, which have been matured in a variety of different sherry casks and bottled at cask strength

The Single Malt fund is delighted to offer this set of 52 Glenfarclas Family cask bottlings, with one bottle for each vintage, from 1953 to 2004, with whiskies aged from 14 to 59 years old

The Family Casks represent a drinkable history of Glenfarclas’s unique story. Each vintage tells the story of the distillery and of craftmanship, handed down from generation to generation

This collection offers a rare opportunity to own one of the great collections in the history of Scotch Whisky.

Bottled in August 2015, it's one of only 120 bottles!

Nose: Rich, with deep sherry notes, dried fruits (raisins, prunes), and old, polished oak.

Palate: Complex and intense, featuring Christmas cake, dark chocolate orange, coffee beans, and hints of cinnamon and black pepper.

Finish: Exceptionally long with thick sherry, butterscotch, and lingering ginger.