Glenfarclas 1978 19 Years Sherry Casks Edition No. 3 David Livingstone Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Cask Strength 53.3% Vol. - old and limited rare bottling of a terrific Glenfarclas Highland Single Malt!
This rare and old vintage 1978 19-year-old Glenfarclas Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky is number 3 in the Glenfarclas special limited rare bottling series, released in 1997 in honour of the Scottish explorer David Livingstone. After studying medicine and theology, David Livingstone travelled to Africa as a missionary and, as an explorer, discovered Lake Ngami, the sources of the Kasai (a left-bank tributary of the Congo), and what is arguably his most famous discovery - Victoria Falls. He was the first European to navigate the Zambezi, explored the Lualaba and was appointed Consul-General of the African east coast.
The exclusive vintage 1978 19 years Glenfarclas Highland Single Malt was distilled in 1979, matured for 19 years in selected sherry casks, and was bottled in the year 1997 in a limited edition of 1,200 individually numbered bottles without the addition of colouring or chill filtration at cask strength 53.3% vol.
Since 1996, Glenfarclas has released a series of limited-edition bottlings special for Germany, each dedicated to a famous Scottish historical figure. This wonderful Glenfarclas Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky is already considered one of the most sought-after limited-edition bottlings on the market among whiskey enthusiasts and collectors. The series continues to this day; each bottling is limited in quantity and usually sells out within a very short time. Presented in its distinctive wooden box featuring a portrait of David Livingstone, this exquisite Glenfarclas Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky is also a real eye-catcher in any collection.
The old vintage 1978 19 years Glenfarclas Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky reveals notes of dried fruit, apples, plums, apricots, raisins, grape jam and honey on the nose; the flavour is sweet and intense with leather, spices, honey and exotic fruits; the finish is long, fruity and sweet with spices, citrus fruits and wood - a typical and characterful Glenfarclas Highland Single Malt!
An exquisite and magnificent vintage 1978 19 years Glenfarclas Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky and a rare old expression from the Glenfarclas special limited rare bottling series for connoisseurs, in honour of the African explorer David Livingstone; a whisky for discerning collectors and lovers of exclusive and old Scotch whiskies, which is now very hard to find.
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Distillery Bottling
- District: Speyside / Location: Bannfshire
- Vintage: 1978
- Age: 19 years old
- Year bottled: 1997
- Cask Wood Type: Sherry Casks
- Alcohol ABV% 53.3 - Cask Strength
- Bottling Series: Vintage 1978 Limited Rare Bottling - Edition No. 3 David Livingstone
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- Packaging original wooden boxed
- Producer/Importer: J. and G. Grant, Glenfarclas Distillery, Rechlerich, Ballindalloch, AB37 9BD, Banffshire, Scotland / Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft, Bremen, Germany
- Country of Origin Scotland
- limited, one of 1.200 bottles - special and old limited edition bottling and rare collector s whisky!
Please examine this product before purchase, as not new from the supplier. Due to the various ages of bottles and their seals, condition of liquid is at the buyer s discretion and no claim can be lodged against failure/leakage in transit. This is an old bottle and the closure may have deteriorated - care should be taken when it is being opened.
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