![]() ![]() Once again, it’s simple stuff, so simple that it’s missing some elements that were present on the nose and without anything new taking up the gap. On the palate, it’s got a silky texture, and a flavor that smacks of malty cereals and apples, with just a touch of anise to make things interesting. It’s a simple, but well-rounded and balanced scent, and very much in tune with what one might imagine for an Islands single malt. The nose has a soft, sweetly honeyed cereal base, joined with dabs of peat smoke, pepper and dry oak. The liquid is somewhat viscous, leaving just a few legs after a swish and those resembling the veins of a leaf. In the glass, Jura 10 Year Old has a lightly coppered, golden appearance, something like apple juice. Finally, the whisky is now known to be aged in ex-bourbon barrels and finished in Sherry butts. The American bottling is 40% ABV, just like the rest of the world. Now the “Origin” is gone, so it’s simply Jura 10 Year Old. Once upon a time there were two versions of this release, a 43% ABV, 750ml bottling for the American market and a 40% ABV, 70cl bottling for the rest of the world, and both were once titled “Origin.” Jura 10 Year Old is the core expression in the distillery’s single malt line, and has gone through at least three changes of appearance and titling since my first exposure to Jura 10 Year Old some years ago. It’s presently part of the Whyte & Mackay portfolio, which in turn is owned by the Filipino company Emperador (itself part of Alliance Global Group). Jura Distillery dates back to 1810, before the easing of restrictions on distillation under the Excise Act of 1823 that effectively legalized Scotch production. It’s a mountainous and boggy island, and it’s main claims to fame are having more deer than people, that George Orwell retreated there to write 1984 and its whisky distillery. Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides, north of and adjacent to Islay. jurawhisky.It’s been a while since we’ve touched on Jura single malts (several years for me in particular), so I think a little reintroduction is in order. The Isle of Jura Distillery Co., Craighouse, Isle of Jura, PA60 7XT, Scotland. Crafted in uncommonly tall stills, matured in the fresh sea air and American white oak bourbon barrels and finished in the finest aged Oloroso sherry butts. Jura 10 Year Old A whisky only Jura could make, born of our island and still produced today in a bottle originally shaped to withstand the roughest of journeys from our home. Since 1810, this unique island malt has been our greatest endeavour and our greatest reward, its creation on the heart of an unbreakable bond between our Island, our people and our whisky. Home to 200 Islanders, one road, one pub and one distillery. Jura Welcome to Jura A few miles off the West Coast of Scotland you'll find our Island isolated, sometimes wild yet always beautiful. Distilled, aged and bottled in ScotlandĪ rich and rounded balance of subtle smoky notes with a sweet sherry cask finish It is warm in colour with aromas of fruit, cracked pepper and dark chocolate and flavours of nectarines, ginger and freshly ground coffee. ![]() Jura Aged 10 Years Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70clĪ rich and rounded balance of subtle smoky notes with a sweet sherry cask finish A touch of peat brings a rich and rounded balance of subtle smoky notes with a sweet sherry cask finish. ![]()
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