![]() I heard of languages being learned, podcast starting, and pets being adopted among many other skills and interests. I really appreciate hearing how friends and colleagues adjusted to the lock-down by trying to utilize the time at home to learn and do new things. I find it to be an interesting parallel between Orwell needing solitude and isolation to be able to complete his novel and the recent isolation some of us felt during the pandemic. The Isle Of Jura is also known for The Paps of Jura, and as being the location where George Orwell escaped the noise and distraction to finish his classic dystopian novel 1984. The Isle is also well known for its red deer population, which numbers close to 6,000, although I believe that they have less to do with the distillery’s operation. The occupations of the 200 or so residents, for the most part, have something to do with the distillery. One distillery, one road, one pub, one hotel, one shop, and one whirlpool. To find out about popularity, please see Wine Ranks. Still, it’s a reasonable price for an entry-level malt without any off flavors.Jura, however, is known for one. Best Isle of Jura Whiskies Back to Isle of Jura Whiskies Based on a mean of critics’ scores, updated monthly Most Popular Best Most Expensive Cheapest To see how Wine-Searcher uses average pricing and professional wine critic scores on this page, please see Average Wine Prices and Wine Scores. Because there are better options around the same price, I’m going to mark this as Not Recommended. At around $40 a bottle, I would probably choose Glenlivet 12 or Glenfiddich 12 or Speyburn 10 over this. ![]() The vanilla and green fruits, grass, and disappointing finish are hallmarks of a not-quite-ready-yet malt from (possibly) refill bourbon casks. Overall: A fairly standard ex-bourbon malt without much age on it. The palate, however, is markedly sweeter with notes of egg custard, vanilla pudding, and a thicker body. With Water: A few drops of water intensifies the green banana notes without contributing anything else. Raw sugar cane, plus some slightly bitter wood tannins, which fade quickly into faint dry woodiness. Palate: Moderately creamy body, with an initial wave of vanilla, followed by freshly-mown grass, unripe fruit, aloe juice, and dry wood notes.įinish: Short. Some sweet florals – honeysuckle – and a strong presence of green banana. Nose: Clean and crisp, with notes of green apple and fresh pears. This review is from a Jura tasting pack (50ml glass miniatures) with the 43% ABV presentation. Distilled on the eponymous Inner Hebridean island, this expression was initially matured in American white oak ex-Bourbon barrels, before being moved over to Oloroso sherry casks for a finishing period. It’s hard to tell from the information online, but the 40% might be for the domestic 700ml European market, while the 43% might be for the US 750ml market. The flagship expression from the Isle of Jura, this 10 year old is where it all began. In 2018, the Isle of Jura whisky range got a rather snazzy relaunch, which included this tasty 12 year old single malt. Note that Jura appears to bottle the 10 year-old Origin at both 43% and 40% ABV. While there is a small amount of peat in the water used by Jura, I can’t discern it in the glass. A gorgeous map of the Isle of Jura that captures the landscape of this beautiful remote island off the West Coast of Scotland. As an entry-level, unpeated, and non-sherried malt, it showcases the “blank slate” that Jura’s house character is grown from. The much more reasonably-priced 10 year bottling (also labelled “Jura Origin”) is aged exclusively in ex-bourbon casks and is not peated. After liking Jura 16 and the NAS Jura Superstition, I thought I should explore the rest of the range.
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