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Family Casks 2014 (cask #2009) is the Swiss exclusive in the line — Nico's Choice, selected by Nico Bernasconi of World of Whisky in St. Moritz, drawn at just nine years from the cask. Cask strength of 60.2% volume, 301 bottles, non-chill-filtered, natural colour.
THE CASK: an active sherry butt at the early phase of its work — at nine years the wood interaction is at the line where the cask is delivering depth without yet integrating fully into the malt. The cask-strength bottling preserves the freshness and the active spice register that a longer rest would soften. Glenfarclas's direct-fired distillate carries the cask's intensity rather than being overrun by it.
SERVING: a Glencairn at room temperature; a few drops of cool water are recommended at this strength to bring the spice into balance. Younger and brighter than the longer-aged Family Casks — works equally as a discovery of the line's early-cask character or as a serious sipper for an evening with charcuterie, aged Cheddar, or a Honduran corojo cigar.
Distilled in 2004, bottled on June 10, 2021 at cask strength of 59.20 Vol%. Single Cask no. 2382, Sherry Butt.
This whisky is part of the Family Cask series, a luxurious collection that reveals the essential character of the distillery. Each bottle contains whiskies matured in a single cask, each with a unique flavour profile.
The bottle is presented in a wooden case and is a limited edition of only 670 bottles worldwide.
Family Casks 1977 (Winter 2019 release) is over 42 years in a single sherry hogshead — cask #7293, drawn at natural cask strength of 43.6% volume after the angel's share has done its work. 210 bottles, non-chill-filtered, natural colour.
THE CASK: a sherry hogshead held the spirit through more than four decades of Speyside warehouse seasons — the smaller-format wood working faster on the malt than a butt would. The mid-40s strength is what the cask delivered after the long evaporation; the bottling is intentionally undiluted. The earthy rancio note is the marker of mature sherry-cask whisky at the upper end of the cellar's age range — a slow oxidative development that no younger whisky reproduces.
SERVING: a tulip glass, room temperature, neat — this is a contemplation pour. The architecture is fully integrated; water adds nothing and risks blurring the rancio. At the table it pairs with bittersweet dark chocolate, candied chestnut, aged Stilton with quince, or a long-aged Dominican corojo cigar where the spice and the rancio find common ground.
Distilled in 2004, bottled on June 02, 2020 at cask strength of 58.80 Vol%. Single Cask no. 2417, 4th fill butt.
This whisky is part of the Family Cask series, a luxurious collection that reveals the essential character of the distillery. Each bottle contains whiskies matured in a single cask, each with a unique flavour profile.
The bottle is presented in a wooden case and is a limited edition of only 516 bottles worldwide.
