Brora 1975, 20 år Rare Malts, 59,1%

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Brora 1975 , 20 år
Bottled 1995 eller 1996?, bottle 5159

75 centiliter , Rare Malts Selection, 59,1%
Brora lades ner 1983.

Köpt 2009-09-20 för SEK 3600 = 48 kr/cl Oöppnad

Mina kommentarer:
Köpte av en kille som hellre hade pengarna än flaskan. Nu undrar jag om det är en flaska som buteljerades 1995 eller 1996? Båda är 59,1% och 75 cl. Hur vet man vilken som är vilken? Min poäng: ?? p

Tasting notes från whiskyfun: Officiella tasting notes:

Brora 20 yo 1975/1996 (59.1%, Rare Malts, 75cl)
Colour: straw. Nose: starts like a civilised brute, on whiffs of peat smoke and horse manure on top of hints of white fruits (cider apples) and shoe polish. Goes on with notes of old pu-erh tea that are very typical, a little paraffin and linseed oil, old leather, motor grease, a full plate of oysters (including lemon)… With water: gets extremely mineral and flinty. Also lemon skin and fresh walnuts. Beautifully austere if we may say so. Mouth (neat): fabulous start, less directly peaty than earlier Broras (1972 and so on) and a tad more vanilled/candied, but the balance is rather perfect. Some green tea and bitter liqueurs, getting then much grassier. The peat slowly disappears. With water: more fresh walnuts and some salt coming through. Quite some wax too, bitter herbal teas (peach leaves, cassis buds). Finish: long, austere, grassier, with just traces of peat and a little orange zest. Comments: these 1975s aren’t as majestic as earlier Broras, and certainly less peaty but they are beautiful old-school Highlanders. A style that doesn’t really exist anymore.
SGP:264 - 90 points. Inga


Brora 1975 , 20 år Bottled 1995 eller 1996?, bottle 5159	75 centiliter , Rare Malts Selection, 59,1% Brora lades ner 1983.
Köpt 2009-09-20 för SEK 3600 = 48 kr/cl	Oöppnad
Mina kommentarer: Köpte av en kille som hellre hade pengarna än flaskan. Nu undrar jag om det är en flaska som buteljerades 1995 eller 1996? Båda är 59,1% och 75 cl. Hur vet man vilken som är vilken?	Min poäng: ?? p
Tasting notes från whiskyfun:	Officiella tasting notes:
Brora 20 yo 1975/1996 (59.1%, Rare Malts, 75cl) Colour: straw. Nose: starts like a civilised brute, on whiffs of peat smoke and horse manure on top of hints of white fruits (cider apples) and shoe polish. Goes on with notes of old pu-erh tea that are very typical, a little paraffin and linseed oil, old leather, motor grease, a full plate of oysters (including lemon)… With water: gets extremely mineral and flinty. Also lemon skin and fresh walnuts. Beautifully austere if we may say so. Mouth (neat): fabulous start, less directly peaty than earlier Broras (1972 and so on) and a tad more vanilled/candied, but the balance is rather perfect. Some green tea and bitter liqueurs, getting then much grassier. The peat slowly disappears. With water: more fresh walnuts and some salt coming through. Quite some wax too, bitter herbal teas (peach leaves, cassis buds). Finish: long, austere, grassier, with just traces of peat and a little orange zest. Comments: these 1975s aren’t as majestic as earlier Broras, and certainly less peaty but they are beautiful old-school Highlanders. A style that doesn’t really exist anymore. SGP:264 - 90 points.	Inga