Brora 30 Years Old The Platinum Selection Cask DL6961 49.7% 1972

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Whisky Notes (96)

Nose: without doubt the farmiest nose I’ve ever experienced. There must have been sheep in the stillroom. It’s stunning. Manure and wet dogs, horse stables, nicely blended with heather smoke, warm leather, paraffin candles and medicinal balm. A lot of coffee notes as well, wet earth and tobacco leaves. Wonderfully rounded though, thanks to Spanish fig bread, caramel-coated pecans and maple syrup. Gianduja. Some honeyed / rummy notes.

Mouth: a peaty, earthy start, which gradually becomes rounder. Quite some toffee, burnt cake, Pu-erh tea, some heather again. A short burst of grapefruit and mandarin. Back to herbal syrup and some sharper notes of ginseng and liquorice. Eucalyptus. Creamy tar (does that make sense?). Leather. Hints of dates and roasted nuts. Oh my, oh my.

Finish: rather endless. Most of the sherry notes are gone though, it’s the herbal, waxy and coastal side that shines through now.



This is brilliant whisky and a benchmark bottling for sherried Brora. I know I’ve got a few other legendary expressions to review, but this is one of the best malts ever for me.