![]() Quite spicy and bold, with a bit of a pear drops style lurking in there. I'm also hoping that it will develop a bit, as the bottle of Superstition I bought a while back was pants when I first opened it, but opened up amazingly over the course of a week.Īnyway, not bad. Still, I don't regret spending quite a bit more on it this time. It tastes quite engineered, and somehow tastes like no whisky really should. I don't think that higher alcohol content is always better in weird whiskies. 40% is about right for it for me, as I don't want that Jura weirdness to be much more intense. It has quite a bit of character, although I am still not altogether convinced i like the Jura character. This bottle I have just bought is pretty nice, in an odd sort of way. I remember half-regretting spending that £9.50 then, as I thought that it was completely characterless. ![]() Never had it again so far.īerfore this, the last time I bought a bottle of Jura 10, I got it for under £10, although it was on offer half price at that time (around 2004?). Finish was medium-lasting with smoky and sweet tinges. No terrible issues, but no rocking'n'rolling upsides either. Nothing surprised me, it was a simple dram. Mouthfeel was soft, very quick on the sip (I mean, it wasn't oily or velvety and you gulped it down almost as if drinking water). I remember checking their webpage and their saying it had loads of honey and my trying hard to find it -but no way, José. You got (in this 2014 review) many smoky scents, the likes of leather and bogfire, along with pine needle, resin and even brine. Of course, the latter is the one I use as a reference.Īroma is not intense at all, it's even dull, and adding water or ice doesn't really bring it back to life. Jura 10 bottle is totally transparent and colorless, which leads us to this peculiar note about the hue: if you see the bottle, the scotch looks amber to reddish with some brown highlights, but if you pour a dram, it's straw yellow with a slightly greenish cast to it. Take that into account as I'm aware Jura has changed recipes throughout the years. Jura is characterized by the pale golden color of barley is light with the softness of a true West Highland malt and has a mild salty taste with a light tone of peat.This, as is not uncommon with me, is an old review: it dates back to Aug 24, 2014. The mild climate, the soft water from various sources and the surrounding seawater determine the character of this malt. Jura single malt whiskey reaches its full development after close certain aging period in oak casks. Also affecting the Gulf Stream of the Atlantic Ocean from the south. This is because there is on the island there is a unique micro climate. Palm trees in Scotland? Visitors who for the first time call will discover with amazement the island that there are on the island palm trees. ![]() A single track road leads to the village. Access to the island one has with the ferry boat from the island of Islay to stabbing across the strait. The distillery is located in the village of Craighouse on the south coast of the island. However, the largest group of residents are deer, of which about 5,000 live on the island. On the island live no more than 200 people. Besides a hotel, some farms and estates the eponymous distillery is the only industry. Jura means in Old Norse "Island Red Deer. The island is the fourth in size island of the Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. The island of Jura is one of Scotland's most beautiful, but perhaps the least known island.
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