Craigellachie Hotel of Speyside Glenfarclas 2001 Single Cask Bottling

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 25 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

Whisky Magazine is the perfect complement to the dram in your glass. Every issue brings you fascinating articles on the art, science and romance of the 'water of life', plus page after page of tasting notes.

• Issue 25 online • Buy issue 25 (£5.95)
• Subscribe to Whisky Magazine (from £28.38)
• Preview current issue (74) • Preview other issues online

Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Very powerful and seductive. Polished oak. Marzipan. Black chocolate. Candied orange peel. Palate Treacle-toffee richness versus burnt-grass peatiness. Big flavours, locked together like boxers punching their way out of a clinch. Long, muscular interplay; one seems to dominate, and then the other. Finish Smoky. Oaky. Very spicy. Comment In each corner, a fighter rather than a boxer. Not much refinement, but plenty of punch.

Dave Broom Nose Robust and cakey: date, prune, cooked fruits, treacle, Dundee cake. Resinous with a little smoke. Palate Big and powerful. A balanced mix of (European) oak and rich, sweet spirit. Finish Rich and long. Comment Good stuff with plenty of rich distillery character. Balance. That’s what it is all about.