Whisky #78 – The Ultimate Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Mystery Speyside 1966
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The Ultimate Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Mystery Speyside 1966. Speyside, Scotland. ABV: 43.30%. Tasted at Whisky Live 2014, $32 (half nip) from the ‘Old & Rare’ bar.
Undisclosed “mystery Speyside”. It’s a Glenfarclas, but an independent bottling from The Ultimate Whisky Company. Distilled in 1966, bottled 04/10/2012. Bottle no. 102 of 182.
Well the Glenfarclas 1966, I’ll first throw it open to the floor (i.e. my whisky fiend mates)…what do we think boys? “Pretty damn good.” “Fucking sensational” added another. It’s almost as old as my mate Canning…to which he added “almost as old as my older brother”. Younger brother don’t you mean mate? 😉
For me, it had some delicious soft flavours of muscatels and sultanas, but not too strong. It was very subtle, very smooth, kinda sweet and syrupy. Bit of a fruity sort of nose and a lovely, smooth well balanced finish – not too strong in spice or heat, a very drinkable whisky (to put it mildly!). Much like the Glenrothes 1969 The MacPhail’s Collection, I guess it comes as no surprise that these amazing flavours are going to be extremely complex yet very smooth and subtle having spent 46 years in a barrel. Another amazing dram!