Review #220: Glenfarclas Family Cask 2004-2015 #2623

Speyside - 11 - NCF - NCA - $140 - 60.4%

Glenfarclas has a range of single barrel vintages that they market as their Family Casks.  They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes so to speak.  This particular one is first fill Oroloso sherry butt in 2004 and bottled on Sept 8th, 2015

Color - Russet 

Nose -   Apricots, minced pie, baking spices, vanilla - Just tons of apricots

Palate - Apricots, nutmeg, sandlewood 

Finish - Long -  Apricots, cigar box, pepper, treacle, vanilla, baking spices

Overall - 6 - The nose whole dram is completely dominated by apricots.  Full on sherry bomb, dried fruit, spice with some wood notes coming through.  It is not complex, just straight sherry and farclas spice.  This is a step above your average NAS sherry bomb, richer, bolder more sherry.  I, personally, would not buy a bottle and would probably opt for a different or cheaper sherry bomb.  All in all, an enjoyable but one note experience.  

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Rating system is price influenced as it is based on my shopping decisions when buying a bottle.

10 Best in Show

9 Great Dram for Special Occasions

8 Worthy of consistent spot in my collection

7 Worth picking up a bottle if in the mood

6 I would buy a bottle if it went on sale
5.5 I really enjoyed but it will never be priced at where I would buy a bottle

5 I would drink it happily if offered

4 I would drink it if offered on the rocks

3 Maybe some soda will make this potable

2 I'll Pass

1 Toilet cleaner

Inclusive Ratings

Overall 6.1

Standard Deviation 0.91

Skew 0.66

Kurtosis -0.16