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. The range has considerably expanded these last few years also with the creation of peated versions of Jura whisky.This, as is not uncommon with me, is an old review: it dates back to Aug 24, 2014. The wide and tall stills of the distillery have been conceived to produce a light distillate, enabling Isle of Jura to contribute to the Whyte & Mackay blends. The distillery is one of the flagships of Whyte & Mackay. The Kyndal Spirits became in 2003 Whyte & Mackay Ltd. The Scottish & Newcastle Breweries sold the distillery to Invergordon, which was purchased by White & Mackay and became in 2001 Kyndal Spirits.
The architect who rebuilt the distillery is well known in the whisky world, as it is Delmé Evans, who also rebuilt, amongst others, the Glenallachie and Tullibardine distilleries. More recently, after 40 years of closure between 19, the distillery was fully rebuilt with financial support from Scottish & Newcastle Breweries. Indeed, law exempted all roofless structures from taxation.
This did not deter the landlord to pursue the Furgusson’s who came back to the Isle of Jura and dismantled the distillery’s roofs. As the landlord decided to collect taxes on the land, the Furgusson family moved all the equipment to Glasgow. It changed owner many times in the 19 th century: J&A Gardner, Norman Buchanan, J.K. In the following year, Archibald Fletcher took over the distillery and managed for 20 years.
Isle of jura 12 year old license#
It successively bore the name of Caol'nan Eilean, Craighouse, Small Isles and Lagg.īuilt in 1810, the first to obtain a license to distil is William Abercrombie, in 1831. The distillery was renamed several times. Indeed, the first traces of distillation hark back to the 16th century. Some say Isle of Jura is the oldest distillery of Scotland.
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