1/Dried fruits, toffee, leather and spices: aka Glenfarclas 15, $185 at Dan Murphy's this week. For a Glengoyne 18 drinker, about 92% of what the Glengoyne 18 gives, for 67% of its price.
2/Glenfarclas 15, $185 at Dan Murphy's. Fifteen years, bottled at 46%. The nose is deep and aromatic: dried fruits, toffee, a little leather and warming spice. The palate is full-bodied and smooth: dark fruit, Christmas cake, raisins and roast oak. Non-chill filtered.
3/What a Glengoyne 18 drinker gives up with the Glenfarclas 15 is mostly three years of age and some strength. The Glengoyne 18, $276, is still the one for its fans: milk chocolate, vanilla, sweeter sherry. The Glenfarclas 15 is the one for every other night.
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