I haven’t done a post like this before. For the most part up until now each article has been unique. I don’t tend to buy the same bottle twice but after 7 or 8 years of posting I do end up getting the same sample many years apart. Mostly this happens on Christmas Advent calendars […]
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Nel nostro primo quindicennio di recensioni, ne abbiamo fatte tante. Alcune sobrie, molte demenziali, tantissime contenenti la parola “tropicale”. Abbiamo recensito in macchina, in treno, in aereo; abbiamo recensito in studi notarili, in redazioni di quotidiani, in campeggi; abbiamo recensito a distanza, abbiamo recensito alla cieca, abbiamo recensito in inglese. Ma mai avevamo recensito in… Continue reading →
A few weeks ago German reader Sven contacted me about a new Glenfarclas 2015 bottled for the Spirit of Speyside Festival. He asked me about the definition of a Matusalem cask : is this simply a brand name or also related to the size of the cask?Matusalem is a brand of sherry produced by González Byass. Until 2012 it could be called Amoroso or sweet Oloroso (with 25% PX added to it), but nowadays it's technically a Cream sherry. They use a series of biblical names for their oldest wines — Noé, Apóstoles, and Matusalem. All of them are aged well beyond 30 years in a solera system. While common at Dalmore for instance, the cask came to Glenfarclas as a second fill through a broker. Their normal supplier is José y Miguel Martin.The question about the size of the cask is also interesting. Note that Glefarclas released 803 bottles which equals around 562 litres. Most distilleries claim that a sherry butt only contains around 500 litres. It all depends what you call a 'standard butt'.
A Glenfarclas 8 Year Old bottling dating from the 1970s. The Glenfarclas Distillery is renowned for its sherry cask matured single malt. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Glenfarclas licenced its single malt brand to independent bottler Gordon & Macphail. Read the full article at Scotch Whisky Review: Glenfarclas 8 Year Old Grant Bonding Co 1970s
