Brora 1981 DT Rare Auld
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Brora |
| Bottler | Duncan Taylor (DT) |
| Bottling Series | Rare Auld |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | 22년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pure gold
air Nose
it starts on full sherry mode, together with some bold notes of hot butter and banana flambéed. Very toffeeish, with also lots of crystallised oranges and chocolate, rum, raisins, cooked wine… Lots of sherry indeed but a beautiful vivacity. It then gets quite resinous, with even some hints of eucalyptus and camphor. Not much distillery character left but still a superb balance it starts quite grainy and very flowery. A clean and fresh one, that develops on some rather subtle aromas of meadow flowers, light honey and white fruits (gooseberries, freshly cut apple, white melon…) Some playful notes of parsley and dill, but no peat or smoke
restaurant Palate
bold and powerful attack on sherry, dried fruits and all sorts of herbs. Lots of tropical fruits (guava, mango, passion fruit) but no peat. A very nice sherried Highlander, complex yet compact, giving a lot of pleasure. And what a body! Flawless… 90 points (it would have deserved one or two more points with a little more distillery character). Brora 22 yo 1981/2004 (60.8%, Peerless, cask #1426, 261 bottles) very nice attack, quite sweet and peppery, with lots of body. Very nervous indeed, with quite some cooked apples and fruit salad. It gets very gingery, and perhaps a tad too bitter. Long finish, just a little drying. Anyway, it’s certainly one of the nicest 1981 Broras I ever had: 89 points . MUSIC – BLUES - Recommended listening: some good organ plus an excellent guitar make for a great combo! Take for instance the hyper-speedy Neal and pray - mp3 by Baton Rouge bluesman Kenny Neal . That's energy! Please buy Kenny Neal's music if you like it... (photo Sue M. Wright) May 4, 2005 TASTING - PEAT MADE SIMPLE Benriach 10 yo ‘Curiositas’ (40%, OB, 2004) A vatting made with some old peated batches made by Seagram when they thought it would be cheaper to do their own rather than buying some from Islay
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