GLENFARCLAS 10 ANS 70 CL

Description

The Glenfarclas 10 Year Old Speyside Single Malt is from the Glenfarclas brand. Glenfarclas, which means Valley of Green Grass in Gaelic, is a single malt whiskey whose distillery has been located in Ballindalloch since 1836, in the heart of Speyside and at the foot of the Ben Rinnes mountain range. This distillery is owned by the Grant family and it is thanks to this family spirit that it is relatively safe from decisions taken by sole financial interest. For example the malts used by Glenfarclas are mostly aged in sherry casks which cost much more than bourbon casks. It is at this price that the characteristics of Glenfarclas whiskeys are preserved. Sherry casks bring notes of Christmas Pudding, blond tobacco, raisins and nutmeg to the range. This same family spirit prevailed when the Grant family selected the Mälher Besse family, merchants in Bordeaux and owner of Château Palmer en Margaux, to distribute Glenfarclas in France. For the record, the Grant family were looking for a foothold halfway between Glenlivet and Edinburgh at a time when traveling was time consuming. Their choice then fell on Glenfarclas, and no one regrets it today. Even though Glenfarclas labels include the notion of Highland single malt, Glenfarclas is indeed a Speyside distillery making Speyside. To understand historically the region of Speyside was considered part of the Highlands. With almost half the number of distilleries still in operation, Speyside is now a region in its own right in the classification of Scotch whiskeys. This whiskey is a Single Malt. To be classified as Single Malt a whiskey must obey 2 important rules. It must come from a single distillery (Single), but also come only from malted cereals, the Malt. This malted cereal must be barley, however in rare cases it is possible to use rye. Scotland is the largest producer of single malt whiskey. These are called Scotch Single Malt Whiskey, but you will find other producing nations such as Japan, India, the Czech Republic or France who also offer tasty Single Malt. The principles remain the same, the whiskey must come from a single distillery and the cereal used must be malted barley.

This whiskey is a whiskey from Speyside, a region located by the North Sea, in the heart of the Highlands. This region alone produces about 60% of the volumes of single malts in Scotland, it is the region which has the most distilleries still in operation, around fifty. Everything was organized around the River Spey, the main river that gave its name to the Speyside region. Other rivers flow and their name evokes the distilleries that drink there such as the Livet for Glenlivet, the Fiddich for Glenfiddich, the Deveron for Glen Deveron, they flow to the golf course of Moray, which gave the Glen Moray. There are a few exceptions where peat-dried malts have been used, Speyside malt whiskeys are not peated. The characteristic common to the whiskeys of this region is a certain roundness and a lot of elegance. The aromas are always balanced between fruity notes and touches of freshly harvested grains, Speyside whiskeys evoke the great classicism of Scottich Malts. For your information know that Speyside Glenlivet was the favorite whiskey of King of England George 4! The Glenfarclas 10 Year Old Speyside Single Malt is a Scottish whiskey. It is in Scotland that you will find the largest number of active distilleries with more than 97 malt distilleries recorded. Traditionally, distilleries use double distillation, a regulated distillation since the 17th century! It is not without reason that the famous "" scotch whiskey "", known and recognized for its taste qualities, is part of the Scottish heritage. Five main regions are commonly accepted: the Lowlands to the south and the Highlands to the north are the two largest and certainly best known, Speyside which lies to the northeast, Campbeltown and the islands (Orkney, Skye, Mull, Jura and Arran) and finally the island of Islay on which is probably the largest concentration per km² of malt distilleries in the country.