![]() ![]() By the way, from next year there will be two split days when Gartbreck distillery will open its door for visitors and I wonder which of the existing distilleries will get shared. Today is the Feis Ile split day where two distilleries share the same date for their open day festivities: Jura and Kilchoman. Whisky Review: Jura Tastival Feis Ile 2014 This entry was posted in Whisky Reviews and tagged Jura on by Yoav Whisky Gospel. After a few minutes more lactic and vanilla and slightly damp wood. There’s damp wood staves, smoked pears, nectarines and buttery apple toffee. Nose: At first the soft peat smoke is strong but then it recedes to the background and the familiar Jura note of lactic vanilla rises up. Like stated above, it’s a NAS offering (so probably lots of young spirit), and bottled at 40% and probably chill-filtered. Obviously I was curious to see how did all those changes impacted the whiskies and taste them so let’s start with the entry level offering – Jura Journey. No more exclusively unpeated or peated Jura in the core line up. It’s quite a bold move, ain’t it so? It’s not only that the expressions changed, the whisky itself is now using a combination of peated an unpeated spirit across the entire lineup. Jura 18 Year Old – finished in red wine casks after 18 years in American oak casks.Jura Seven Wood – A no-age-statement matured in seven types of French oak and first-fill ex-Bourbon barrels.Jura 12 Year Old – Finished in Oloroso Sherry casks after 12 years in American white casks.Jura 10 Year Old – Already launched in US during 2017 and now globally.Jura Journey – A no-age-statement offering, matured exclusively in American oak barrels.Instead we have a new line up consisting 5 new offers: So no more Origin (10 Year Old), Superstition, Diurach’s 16 Year Old and Prophecy. Isle of Jura 10 Year Old Sherry Cask Finish ReviewĮarlier this year, Jura Distillery, owned by Whyte & Mackay, totally revamped the core line up after replacing their Travel Retail offers last October (bye bye Turas Mara □ ). After a few minutes, more smoke and lactic vanilla in the background. Subtle smoke, peaches and apricots followed by citrus fruitiness. Nose: Comparing to the 10yo, here we have more intense and deeper fruit sweetness along with stronger, almost sour, vanilla notes. It will be interesting to see what difference those two extra years and the aged Vs regular sherry casks made here. Just like the 10 Year Old, Jura 12 Year Old was matured in ex-bourbon casks for two more years and then was finished in aged Oloroso Sherry Casks (emphasis is mine). Please note that Jura 12 will only be available in some selected markets, so you may not be able to purchase it locally. Isle of Jura 12 Year Old ReviewĬontinuing with the new Isle of Jura line up and we’re going up the range to check out Jura 12 Year Old, not to be confused with the old Jura 12 Elixir. After a while butterscotch, nutmeg and a bit of cinnamon. Nose: Malt, red wine sweetness, vanilla, gentle tannins and white pepper, red berries led by raspberries and gooseberries. I must admit this list kind of left me breathless when I first read it (didn’t even try to read it aloud)! But w e do need to remember that Jura distillery already dabbled in such experiments for their Tastival releases (Feis Ile bottlings), so maybe for Jura it’s not such a far fetched idea to release such a complex whisky as a permanent offer in their line up. First-fill ex-bourbon American White Oak.The seven wood used in the expression are: We don’t know if it was matured in parallel in those seven different casks and vatted together or maybe some went through double/triple/quadruple maturation before being vatted together. I know many eyebrows were raised (mine included) when it was announced – Seven different oaks seemed excessive. The next whisky in the new and revamped Isle of Jura line up is Jura Seven Wood.
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