Proudly independent and Family owned Glenfarclas have added a new 40 Years Old whisky to their portfolio of premium Highland Single Malt Scotch Whiskies. Glenfarclas 40 Years Old has been bottled at 46% vol. from casks filled in the late 1960s, and selected by George S. Grant, Director of Sales and the sixth generation of the family which own and manage the distillery.

With good stocks of casks filled in the 1960s, the distillery is now able to offer whisky with a 40 years old age statement as part of their core range. This whisky will be available worldwide, with a quarter of production destined for North America.

George Grant�s tasting notes for this new expression read: �The nose is reminiscent of relaxing in an old leather armchair, while eating walnuts and chocolate-covered raisins. It has a sweet initial taste � orange segments dipped in liquid chocolate � then a lovely flavour of burnt brown sugar at the back of the mouth. The dry finish oozes big tannins and more rich dark cocoa beans. Let this whisky breathe a little or add a drop or two of water to fully open up the dram.�

Glenfarclas 40 Years Old is presented in the Glenfarclas amber bottle and a ruby gift tube, with a design akin to the Glenfarclas 10 Years Old. By deliberately not over-packaging this old whisky, J. & G. Grant are able to offer the Glenfarclas 40 Years Old at a competitive UK recommended retail price of GBP 350.00. As George Grant explained, �Compared to other whiskies of a similar age, this has been priced to open and enjoy.�

For those looking to try before purchasing a bottle, The Coburg Bar at the Connaught Hotel, in London�s Mayfair, and the Mash Tun Pub in Aberlour, Speyside, are already offering drinkers the chance to enjoy this exceptional whisky by the dram. Retail stockists include Selfridges, The Whisy Exchange and Masters of Malt.

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Notes to Editors Glenfarclas have stock of whisky distilled from every year from 1952 to the current year. To date the oldest whisky J. & G. Grant have released is Glenfarclas - The Family Casks 1952 Release III Cask 1713, a fifty five year old limited edition of 96 bottles. Other limited editions from the distillery include the Glenfarclas 40 Years Old Scottish Classic, a limited edition of 600 bottles, released in 1999, and the Glenfarclas 105 40 Years Old, a limited edition of 893 bottles released in 2008. For more details on The Coburg Bar at the Connaught Hotel, please see; www.the-connaught.co.uk For more details on the Mash Tun Pub please see; www.mashtun-aberlour.com For more details on Masters of Malt who are doing try before you buy 6cl drams of all of the Glenfarclas Range please see; http://www.masterofmalt.com/