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Brora 10th Release

Category	Single Malt Whisky from
District	Northern Highlands
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Vintage	1978
Bottled	2011
Age	32 years old
Cask type	Refill American and European Oak Casks
Number of bottles	1,500
Strength	54.7 % Vol.
Bottle size	700 ml
Availability
Price	± € 545.00 \| £ 466.36 \| $ 704.30

Added: 16 Oct. 2011 3:58 pm by hsmithjr

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Notes & Reviews

AmbG_Grant

posted 22 Nov. 2012

AmbG_Grant gave this whisky 96 points

Weighted rate

96

Nose - aroma

98

Initial taste

98

Body

95

Finish

96

Price

92

Presentation

92

Furtia

posted 31 Oct. 2012

My favourite annual release up to now together with 6th release.
Mineral, fruity and delightfully sweet. Just excellent

markjedi1

posted 13 Oct. 2012

markjedi1 gave this whisky 91 points

Color

Jonquiripe corn

Nose

The nose is rather closed. It needs time. If you indulge (start with about ten minutes at least), it becomes a slightly smoky, complex animal. I envision myself on a rocky beach, next to a bonfire that has just been doused. A little brine in the spray, tobacco leaves, white fruit, oranges, paraffin, hazelnuts, honey and then the cow stable scents emerge: cow hide, hay. As complex as the 6^th Release, but a lot sweeter and more fruity. Mighty!

Taste

It is very oily on the palate. Immediately, atypically, bittersweet. Grapefruit, peach, white chocolate. Pretty spicy too. Mustard, pepper, liquorice, cloves. Even some licorice candy. Peat and tar, but also warm apple pie. WTF? This goes back and forth like a yoyo between sweet and salt, but remains exciting. Midpalate the oak makes is quite drying.

Finish

The finish is fairly long (I so much wanted to last this longer, but alas), on peat and coals, very spicy and dies a salty death.

Comments

Another magnificent Brora, but my fav remains the 30 Year Old from 2007. Thanks to Johan for the big sample!

Mark Dermul Toshan Man

WhiskyNotes

posted 15 Nov. 2011

WhiskyNotes gave this whisky 94 points

Color

Pale gold

Nose

Mineral and dusty, even a little raw at first. Wet stones and cardboard. Then some ashes and salt. After fifteen minutes a bunch of other layers start to come out. Nice tobacco. Quite some yellow apple and vanilla as well (fruity / biscuity notes, in high quantities for a Brora). Wax. More smoke and aha... farmyard! Maybe not the smell of goat stables and manure of earlier releases but still a good deal of stable hay and wet animals. A little mint / eucalyptus as well. High class!

Taste

Much sweeter than expected. Tangerine, almonds, condensed milk, something caramelly even. Still rather peppery and slightly mustardy. Some leather. Going back and forth between sharper notes and sweeter notes. A fair amount of oak too. Nicely returning to pastry flavours in the end.

Finish

Medium long and drying, with faint peat and ashes. Again a hint of mint in the aftertaste.

Comments

After having spent more time with it, I take back my first opinion. It needs time due to its impressive complexity, but this is not at all a disappointment - it's much better than the last few years. Although there are some quirky elements (very sweet attack, only moderate farminess), overall it's excellent. Too bad it costs around 350 euros (it's kinda worth it though - just look at today's prices of earlier releases). Brora enthusiasts should seriously consider this one.

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corbuso

posted 10 Nov. 2011

corbuso gave this whisky 91 points

Could people stop mentioning a year of distillation for these Annual Releases, since they are never mentioned on the labels and usually contain whiskies of different years of distillation?

The whisky? Very good, rather farmy, spicy and heavier than the previous release

QuarterCentury

posted 31 Oct. 2011

QuarterCentury gave this whisky 95 points

Distilled in 1978, this is the oldest Brora yet released by Diageo, and
was introduced as part of the Special Releases for 2011. A marvellously
complex nose with an intricate, medium-peated palate.

I like my whisky old and my women young!