Cask 2030   Bottled Sept. 20, 2012   1 of 134 Bottles

Exclusively for K&L     $580 on release 

The nose has huge wood; it's almost bourbon-like.  The palate has dry-as-a-bone sherry, chocolate and bourbon.  The finish is more of the same.

This is a very intense and unique Glenfarclas.  The high oak level makes it dry and bourbony, but it doesn't taste at all over-oaked to me (i.e. one dimensionally woody).  Really great stuff.

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Heavy dried fruits in the nose, a rich glass of cabernet sauvignon. Rubbery and a little medicinal.

Palate is heavy on those dried fruits, with lots of dark cherries. Raisiny. Full of that varnishy, oaky richness that you find with some whiskies this old. Hints of Dimetapp syrup (the old kind) in the long finish. Nice and chewy.

The rubbery aspect is a weird kind of rubber, and at first a little weird. That evens out and the flavors deepen, and the Dimetapp fades. There's an oddness to it that I can't place a finger on, but I really, highly enjoy it.

n: dense sherried oak, pine tar resin, dark chocolate, and apple cider.

t: very dark sherry bomb that's almost sour from the intensity and the high ABV. Dark prunes, black raisins, and dry tobacco leaf with the dry dust from sanding cherry wood. Chewing on an old leatherbound book and some really dark chocolate. There isn't anything candy-like about this one, it is very deep and savoury and that is what makes this is a unique Glenfarclas. The finish is of black cherries, pepper and wood that coats my mouth and lasts forever.  [A-/A]

n:  Sherry soaked in a horse saddle

p: Cloying.  Dry sherry that strips moisture.  Bitter wood.