Glenfarclas 1990 Alexander Selkirk Edition
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Lot number: 066-0297
Winning bid: £110
Still in family hands since it was founded, the Glenfarclas Distillery is one of Speyside's independent whisky producers. The Grant family have been running Glenfarclas since 1860, producing an individual Speyside malt that many whisky enthusiasts number as one of their favourites. The water source is melt water from the slopes of Ben Rinnes which runs through granite and heather before reaching Glenfarclas(meaning 'the valley of green grass'). With a long history of bottlings stretching back to the early 20th Century, both proprietary and independent.
Selkirk was an unruly youth, and joined expeditions to the South Sea. One such expedition was aboard Cinque ports, commanded by William Dampier. The ship called in for provisions at the Juan Fernandez Islands off Chile, and Selkirk judged correctly that his craft was not seaworthy and asked to be left there.
By the time he was rescued, Selkirk had become adept at hunting and making use of the resources that he found on the island. His story of survival was widely publicised when he returned home and became a probable source of inspiration for writer Daniel Defoe's fictional character Robinson Crusoe.
Distilled: 1990
Bottled: August 2013
Cask Numbers: 1190, 5092, 5093 and 5097
46% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number:148 / 1200
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