Glenfarclas 30 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Glenfarclas · Glenfarclas Distillery
Thirty years in sherry casks at a family-owned distillery, and nothing is overdone. Glenfarclas at this age is a masterclass in how structure from cask and time creates depth without heaviness. The oak never overwhelms — it frames. One of Speyside's most honest old-age statements.
Nose
Rich dried fruit — fig, date, raisin — interwoven with dark cocoa, old leather, and oloroso sherry influence. Beneath it all, a whisper of clove spice and polished oak. Ethereal and complex.
Palate
The sherry cask maturation delivers waves of dried fruit and dark chocolate, balanced by firm woody tannins and a malty sweetness that keeps the palate from tipping into excess. Notes of orange marmalade and hazelnut emerge mid-palate.
Finish
Extraordinarily long, with cocoa, dried fruit, and a gentle woody dryness that persists for minutes. The faintest trace of smoky oak lingers at the very tail.
- Region
- Speyside
- Cask Type
- Oloroso sherry butts
- Peat Level (PPM)
- Unpeated
- Distillation
- Double distilled in copper pot stills
- Maturation
- Matured exclusively in oloroso sherry casks for a minimum of 30 years
- Chill-Filtered
- Non-chill filtered
Food Pairing
A flourless dark chocolate torte with a warm dried fig and walnut compote, dusted with cocoa powder. The whisky's sherry-driven fruit meets the torte's bittersweet intensity, while hazelnut echoes through both.
Distilled and matured entirely at Glenfarclas Distillery in Ballindalloch, one of the last family-owned distilleries in Scotland, where the Grant family has made whisky since 1865.
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