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Brora 34 Year Old 2017 Release

Lot: 210817

Brora 34 Year Old 2017 Release

Winning Bid: £1,200

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Brora
Age: 
34 Year Old
Vintage: 
N/A
Region: 
Highland
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
refill american oak hogsheads
Bottled Strength: 
51.9%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Brora 34 Year Old 2017 Release

A well-aged release, as they will be now, from the legendary closed distillery, Brora.

Released in 2017 by Diageo as part of their ongoing annual super-premium releases.

Brora distillery, formerly known as Clynelish was initially closed after a new distillery was built next-door in 1967, and assumed the Clynelish name. The original distillery re-opened after a year's hiatus, and bottlings of the whisky it produced between then and its second closure in 1983 are now increasingly sought after.

One of 3000 bottles, this is 305 and has been very kindly donated by Diageo to raise funds for the Beatson Cancer Charity.

From Diageo:

"•Appearance: Deep gold, with good beading and slow legs.
•Nose: The initial aroma is maritime and mineral, with dried seaweed, then waxed apples, damp straw, hints of honeysuckle and underlying touches of oily rags might suggest a cider farm’s workshop in springtime. Spicier and slightly dusty tones of earth and browning leaves develop in the weightier, savoury centre, which shows fresh-peeled bark, turmeric and mace. There’s barley sugar and a hint of orange juice or tinned pineapple too, with travel sweets and green leaves, all on a faintly waxy base. The latter emerges more with water, as does the floral, herbal fragrance.
Body: Medium.
Palate: The taste starts sweet, with only a little of the waxy texture for which Brora is renowned, so at first it’s sharper than you expect, with fruit, chilli and fresh-ground black pepper. As the heat subsides, fruity dark chocolate and soft barrel-char smoke appear, with damp oak, apples and aniseed. The heat slowly builds, as does the fruit. Water brings up the waxy texture, with spicy and mouth-cooling Szechuan pepper masked by chocolate, sweet grass and fruit sweets.
•Finish: There’s also some spice in the finish, in which earthy chocolate, barley sugar and aniseed slowly fade to leave sweet-spicy oak, tart apple and chocolate-covered delight, with a final quick burst of black pepper and sweet fruit"

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