Description
A 1971 vintage Glenfarclas released as part of the highly-acclaimed Family Casks Series. This expression was matured in a single sherry butt (cask #147) for 43 years before being bottled at a natural cask strength of 51.4% in July 2014.
Glenfarclas
Glenfarclas Family Cask 43 Year Old, Sherry Cask, Cask #147, Autumn 2014, 2014, 51.4%
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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
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LatestSGD 2,388
HighSGD 2,388
LowSGD 1,888
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Scotch Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Feb 8, 2026SGD 2,387.61
Scotch Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Dec 7, 2025SGD 1,888.31
- Region
- Speyside
- Age
- 43 Years
- Vintage
- 1971
- Bottled
- 2014
- ABV
- 51.4%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- Glenfarclas
- Origin
- Scotland
- Cask type
- Sherry Butt
- Bottling
- Official Bottling
- Peated
- Unpeated
- Single cask
- Yes
- Non-chill filtered
- Yes
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- 147
- Batch
- Autumn 2014
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- John L. S. Grant
- Master distiller (distillation)
- George S. Grant
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- 438
- Has box
- Yes
- Closure
- Cork
- Presentation
- Wooden box
- Series highlights
- The Family Casks series features single cask vintage bottlings from every year between 1954 and 2003.
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- N.A
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- Sugar caramelising into brown syrup, polished mahogany, candied mandarins, dried cranberries, vanilla, and nutmeg.
- Palate
- Chewy mouthfeel with rich oak, cigar tobacco, milk chocolate, candied peel, rum fudge, date syrup, and Christmas pudding.
- Finish
- Long and warming with buttery toffee, treacle, sticky medjoul dates, and a hint of dark chocolate bitterness.