Brora ( Official) - Aged 30 years, bottled 2003 (second release) - 30 y.o. - 55,7%
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- Bottler:
- Official
- Age:
- 30 years
- Alcohol:
- 55,7%
- Bottle details:
- non chill filtered cask strength
- average
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- (88,88)
- price class:
5 notes disponibles en français
Nice oily peat and floral notes characterize the nose. Some sea whiffs, seaweed and salt but little or no smoke, Beautiful farm hints, meat and leather.
In the palate, this same peaty impression with some acidity behind it, dry bitter fruits, very rich taste palette perfectly melted in the dominating peat. :eat juice. Amazing density.
The finish is particularly long and pleasant, essentially marked by the same notes as the nose and mouth were. A very homogenous whisky. A very spectacular one as well.
2007Very nice smoke hints, part of a complex whole, rather difficult to describe, but with amongst other nice things, some animal notes characterize the nose. In the palate, a nice smoke impression, complex too, but a bit shy, which seems to hide some secrets this bottle wants to keep for a next tasting.... After adding a drop of water, some nice woody notes appear on a malty background. Hints of leather are part of the scene as well. A nice finish, but shorter than expected for a bottle of that price. An impression of alcohol hinders a bit at the end too. Probably this bottle needs some aeration to be able to develop all its qualities.
2005At the second tasting, this whisky revealed really all of its qualities. The nose is wonderfully smoky with some animal hints (meat) and some hints of walnuts, the whole being perfectly balanced.
In the palate, a extraordinary feeling of happiness, due to the great complexity of the taste, covering the whole spectrum of possible tastes. Clearly salted notes with hints of meat juice followed by more spicy touches, but within a quite sugared register. A fantastic trip in the magical universe of taste.
A very nice and very long finish, where liquorice hints are clearly present, mixed with leather notes amongst many others. Aeration was very good for this bottle.
2005The nose is clearly marked by pleasant farmy hints, wet hay, and discrete hay.
The palate is half way between slightly acid hints and both smoky and slightly woody notes. A touch of peat.
The finish is slightly acids with a touch of light bitterness which enhances the pleasure.
This bottle has been opened for many months and it looks like it suffered from oxidation. The whisky remains pleasant, but seems to be far away from its quality when the bottle was first opened.
2009
