Glenfarclas 30 Year Old

Glenfarclas 30 Year Old is matured in a combination of Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez (PX) sherry casks, which impart rich notes of dark fruit, Christmas cake, and treacle. This extended sherry cask maturation is a hallmark of Glenfarclas, which has been using ex-sherry wood from Spain since the distillery began.

Glenfarclas distillery is located in Ballindalloch in the Speyside region of Scotland, situated on the Recherlich Hills overlooking the river Spey. It has remained independently family-owned by the Grant family since 1865, which is increasingly rare among Scottish distilleries.

Glenfarclas 30 delivers pronounced sherry-cask character with notes of dried figs, raisins, dark chocolate, toasted almonds, and a long, warming finish with oak spice. Three decades in cask also introduce softer, more integrated oak tannins than younger expressions, giving it a silky, rounded mouthfeel.

Yes, Glenfarclas has been owned and operated by the Grant family for six generations since 1865, making it one of the few remaining fully independent single malt distilleries in Scotland. This independence allows them to maintain their traditional sherry-cask-forward house style without pressure to change cask policy.