Brora 1st Release Diageo Special Releases 2002
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Brora |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1972 |
| Bottled Year | 2002 |
| Age | 30년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 52.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
spirity and very ‘alcoholic’ at first nosing, not unlike raw medicinal alcohol but the aromas are soon to come through. First both fresh and overripe apples, then a little milk chocolate, toasted bread and cappuccino, then a pleasant oakiness, then something grassy and faintly peaty (just touches, really), then lots of bourbon-style vanilla. It gets finally quite fruitier (gooseberries and green bananas, plantain) and frankly grassy, with whiffs of violets. Interesting to say the least
restaurant Palate
very sweet, powerful but not pungent, starting on all kinds of lemon and orange sweets as well as a little tea and something rather ‘nervous’ (icing sugar, fructose). Goes on with notes of kiwi, fresh pineapple, angelica… Extremely ‘natural’, with little particular ‘markers’ and little wood (but I only had Highlands Caol Ila as a newmake before). Not quite sure one can talk about a particular style here, except that it’s very ‘clean’, very ‘simply fruity’ and very easy to drink with a little water. No peat that I can get on the palate – or maybe it’s this faint grassiness? Medium long finish on citrus fruits again, pineapples and maybe camomile and hints of marzipan. In short, the nose was a little more interesting than the palate, the whole being a rather simple but certainly not unpleasant malt – quite on the contrary. I hope we’ll be able to taste a much older ‘Unpeated Style’ Caol Ila one day. 83 points . PETE McPEAT AND JACK WASHBACK Based on an idea by Darth Chipotle MUSIC – JAZZ - Recommended listening - The excellent Marianna Previti and Big Joe Maher sing VanHeusen's I thought about you.mp3 with the John Previti Quartet (John Previti is at the bass). Nicely crafted - please buy all these people's music! September 20, 2006 TASTING – THREE NEW OFFICIAL PEATY 30yo's by DIAGEO For once, I’ll not pair expressions from the same distillery, as Diageo just launched three new peaty 30yo’s, all from refill casks. Let’s see whether the Brora is the best IMHO or not ;-) Talisker 30 yo (51.9%, OB, 3000 bottles, 2006)