Glenfarclas 12 Year Old 2012 SMWS Single 1st Fill Oloroso Cask 1.288 What The Bells of St Clement's Say (2024) 70cl

We transferred this from a first fill bourbon barrel into a first fill American oak oloroso hogshead after nine years. The nose gave maple syrup poured over warm buttered pancakes, prunes, chocolate-covered honeycomb bars and flowers on a polished table. The palate was intensely sweet – serving up toffee, butterscotch, pecan pie and fruit cake – with additional flavours of limoncello, dark chocolate, black pepper and sherry. The reduced nose held up wonderfully to deliver Valencia orange peel, medjool dates, marzipan and toasted almonds. Tasting it again, some mango, grape, lemon meringue pie and orange blossom painted an even more exotic palate, finishing warmly with clove, coriander and sugar-coated fennel seeds.