Rare Malts Selection
8.8

Rare Malts Selection

Brora Distillery (Closed 1983)

1977, 21 Years Old

ABV 56.9%

A lovely coastal malt. It's a shame that its surviving brother Clynelish is more muted.

Michael Jackson

Specification

Rare Malts Selection

Brand

1977, 21 Years Old

Expression

Single Malt

Type

21

Age (Years)

56.9%

ABV

Highland

Region/Country

Independent Bottling

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson

Taster

Nose: Very appetising. Fresh sea air. Salty. Seaweed on the rocks. Fragrant, smoky.

Palate: Oily, tarry, chewy. Very spicy indeed. Stinging flavours. Lots of flavour development. Grassiness. Gorse. Flowering currant. Sweet mustard.

Finish: Pepper. Hot mustard. Grainy. Cumin.

Comment: A lovely coastal malt. It's a shame that its surviving brother Clynelish is more muted.

Score: 8.5

Jim Murray

Taster

Nose: Bracing and intense. Sea-spray and sawdust and the lightest of smoke. Marvellously evocative and appealing.

Palate: Fat, massively bodied with powerful peat that was missing on the nose. The saltiness seeps through and the malts remains clean and chewy.

Finish: Intense vanilla and then drier oaky tones battle against the lingering sweet peat.

Comment: What a fabulous whisky of extraordinary complexity and wonderful balance. Masterful.

Score: 9

8.8
Overall Score

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