ISLE OF JURA WHISKEY REVIEW MOVIE

Gets the same score from me as the 16yo Jura, but I think I like this one a bit more. 40 abv tasting notes: eye: warming golden glow. I like it!īalance: Not a complex whisky but good. Matured in Ex-Bourbon casks, not at all a complex single malt whisky.

Smooth, yet crispy with hints of lemon.įinish: Cinnamon and rough peat. Isle of Jura 10 year old is a steady executor, smooth from the start until the finish. Taste: Burnt toast and peat with lingering spices. Nose: Smoke and peat, with peat dominating. Comparatively light bodied, with malt and. A rich, delicious dram that serves up notes. Isle of Jura, Scotland- The 10 year old variant offers resin, oil, cereal and pine notes on the delicate nose.

ISLE OF JURA WHISKEY REVIEW MOVIE

Well, more than few dollars but I just had to use the Eastwood movie reference! The result is a beautiful dram, packed with sweet sherry flavours, and the classic oily peat that Jura is known for. A Jura whisky, you should invest FOR A FEW DOLLARS MOREĪnd when compared to the Superstition or Jura 10 year old single malt, you’ll get a better whisky in Prophecy, For a Few Dollars More. In fact, two reviews of separate expressions have appeared on here over the past year and they give a glimpse of what the distillery does well (in terms of its core range) and what it is capable of (in terms of its limited editions). Jura Prophecy is like young Clint Eastwood. We are no strangers to the whiskies produced by the Isle of Jura distillery on this blog. Palate: Very delicate, it takes a while to open up. Rough and straight forward with character. Nose: Pine, salt, and compost, there is also a little fruit. And even though spicy, it’s not like the usual Jura whiskies.

Needless to say, with phenolic level of 35 ppm, this Jura is powerful with peat. Matured in (French) Limousine oak casks and finished in 1989 Oloroso Sherry butts from Gonzalez Byass. Kallaskander on Macallan The Harmony Collectio…Īntihero7 on Glen Grant 15 y.o.Prophecy is a peated Jura released in small batches.

Imagine a fruit cocktail in syrup thrown in the blender to become a homogenous… BUT NICE…fruit puree. Some fruitiness, but indistinguishable really. Still some rather youthful (and kinda feinty) notes, but this is, relatively speaking, a young malt. Some whiskies have a strong peaty smokiness to them, this isn. Something akin to a young-ish Bunnahabhain. Very enjoyable, slightly sweet, with a note of caramel. The core range version of the Isle of Jura 30 Years Old can be purchased at Master of Malt for 331.84 (ex-VAT, although it is currently sold out and will be back soon) or at The Whisky Exchange for 332.50 (ex-VAT and in stock), so please do get it when the opportunity presents itself Until the next review, have a wonderful week ahead. Nice to see the wood being held in check and a nice balance found. To me, in earlier incarnations, this malt always seemed over-oaked, yet not mature. Feinty aroma (honey,leather, chewing tabaco)and Winey (shery. I’m not a stickler over color, but the first two…yes, please. Time for Jura to embrace the new minimum standard 46%…NCF…nae color. In this day and age of fierce competition and a seemingly never ending whisky boom, 40% seems like an archaic stance. Much like some of the other malts from the Whyte and Mackay portfolio, this one suffers from too little horsepower. Isle of Jura Distillery Legacy 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky Isle of Jura, Scotland Avg Price (ex-tax) 46 / 750ml. Not sure what they’ve done, but my immediate thoughts are a tweak to the spirit cut itself and better wood management. From failing grades to flying colors, in other words. Yes, of course it is still an entry level malt, but it really is a tasty one. After all the less than stellar things I’ve said about this dram in the past, I have to switch allegiances and admit that it is now at a standard where I would unequivocably recommend on to others. Light, delicate and super smooth - this is now my new absolute go to whisky of choice You dont often find this good whisky at this good. Now…yet another couple years on…here I sit, enjoying a nice dish of crow. A little bigger on sweetness and balance. Less heavy-handed on the nutty, malty, oakiness. Fast forward a year or two, and a revisit showed some marked improvement. What the heck has Jura done? A few years back I scored Jura 10 in the low 70s.

Isle of jura whiskey review