Brora 31 år 1972, Platinum Selection

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Brora 31 år, 1972-2003. Endast 221 flaskor
Brora lades ner 1983.

70 centiliter , 49,3 % ,
Douglas Laing Platinum Selection

Köpt 2005-12-28 för 1800 kr = 25,71 kr/cl Öppnad 2006-02-26

Mina kommentarer:
Köpte de sista 3cl i flaskan på en Scotspain provning. Bästa Broran av de 8 vi povade. Fortfarande oöverträffad bland de Brora jag provat. Hittade den i Helsingör och hade tur att den fanns kvar en månad senare då jag hade råd att köpa in den.
Öppnades för att fira Sveriges OS-guld i hockey! Min poäng: 94 p

Tasting notes från Malt Maniacs: Tasting notes från whiskyfun:

The Ardbeg was a hard act to follow, but Michel's next blind did the trick. The nose started off with candy and turkish delight. Later on white pepper, organics and tobacco join the party. On the palate I got old tea, smoke and salt. A wonderful mouth feel, even though it's quite dry. With the help of some very obscure tips from Michel I went for Brora. Correct; the Brora 31yo 1972/2003 (49.3%, DL Platinum, 221 Bottles) to be precise. What a beauty - even though it doesn't seem particulary peaty. Score: 94 points from me. Brora 31 yo 1972/2003 (49.30%, Douglas Laing, Platinum, 221 bottles)
A bottling from DL’s good old times, we have very high expectations here. Colour: amber. Nose: God this is exceptionally twisted! Almost dirty – the kind of dirtiness that’s hugely pleasant -, almost perverse, with a lot of game upfront, meat sauce, Havana tobacco, strawberry wine, old walnuts, peat smoke, wet dead leaves, diesel oil… It’s even a tad skunkish, which is fab here, mind you. All that settles down a bit after a moment, the whole getting rather cleaner, straight, very mineral and always very waxy. Also hints of leather polish. Exceptionally complex and entertaining but not easy-easy. Kind of ‘David-Lynchesque’. Mouth: superb attack, a beautiful duo between the spirit and the sherry. A lot of vivacity (tangerines, orange marmalade) but also a very spectacular ‘thickness’ (concentrated fruits). Pu-erh tea, dried pineapples, bitter oranges, peat, cardamom, Szechuan pepper, coriander, malt extract, marc from Burgundy, old herbal liqueur (‘Shartroose’, as Quentin Tarantino would say), Parma ham… It’s simply endless. Finish: it’s the sherry that remains now but it’s a beautiful one, so, who cares? Comments: a high quality 1972 Brora, which is almost a pleonasm. There aren’t so many sherried ones around so it’s even more interesting, especially since it’s rather less sherried than, for instance, the famous Brorageddon or the 1972 by/for the Whisky Shop (black label), and a tad less peaty than most 30yo OB’s, but still a true aromatic monster.
SGP:477 - 94 points


Brora 31 år, 1972-2003. Endast 221 flaskor Brora lades ner 1983.	70 centiliter , 49,3 % , Douglas Laing Platinum Selection
Köpt 2005-12-28 för 1800 kr = 25,71 kr/cl	Öppnad 2006-02-26
Mina kommentarer: Köpte de sista 3cl i flaskan på en Scotspain provning. Bästa Broran av de 8 vi povade. Fortfarande oöverträffad bland de Brora jag provat. Hittade den i Helsingör och hade tur att den fanns kvar en månad senare då jag hade råd att köpa in den. Öppnades för att fira Sveriges OS-guld i hockey!	Min poäng: 94 p
Tasting notes från Malt Maniacs:	Tasting notes från whiskyfun:
The Ardbeg was a hard act to follow, but Michel's next blind did the trick. The nose started off with candy and turkish delight. Later on white pepper, organics and tobacco join the party. On the palate I got old tea, smoke and salt. A wonderful mouth feel, even though it's quite dry. With the help of some very obscure tips from Michel I went for Brora. Correct; the Brora 31yo 1972/2003 (49.3%, DL Platinum, 221 Bottles) to be precise. What a beauty - even though it doesn't seem particulary peaty. Score: 94 points from me.	Brora 31 yo 1972/2003 (49.30%, Douglas Laing, Platinum, 221 bottles) A bottling from DL’s good old times, we have very high expectations here. Colour: amber. Nose: God this is exceptionally twisted! Almost dirty – the kind of dirtiness that’s hugely pleasant -, almost perverse, with a lot of game upfront, meat sauce, Havana tobacco, strawberry wine, old walnuts, peat smoke, wet dead leaves, diesel oil… It’s even a tad skunkish, which is fab here, mind you. All that settles down a bit after a moment, the whole getting rather cleaner, straight, very mineral and always very waxy. Also hints of leather polish. Exceptionally complex and entertaining but not easy-easy. Kind of ‘David-Lynchesque’. Mouth: superb attack, a beautiful duo between the spirit and the sherry. A lot of vivacity (tangerines, orange marmalade) but also a very spectacular ‘thickness’ (concentrated fruits). Pu-erh tea, dried pineapples, bitter oranges, peat, cardamom, Szechuan pepper, coriander, malt extract, marc from Burgundy, old herbal liqueur (‘Shartroose’, as Quentin Tarantino would say), Parma ham… It’s simply endless. Finish: it’s the sherry that remains now but it’s a beautiful one, so, who cares? Comments: a high quality 1972 Brora, which is almost a pleonasm. There aren’t so many sherried ones around so it’s even more interesting, especially since it’s rather less sherried than, for instance, the famous Brorageddon or the 1972 by/for the Whisky Shop (black label), and a tad less peaty than most 30yo OB’s, but still a true aromatic monster. SGP:477 - 94 points