Isle of Jura reviews

I haven't been doing this long enough for too many nosing and tasting notes, but I can certainly give my impressions. I've tasted better whisky, for sure. But for every day, "make sure I have enough gas…

Jura is a unique beast. The nose and taste - you can pick it straight away. And this is something that has earned this malt many fans and detractors.Nose: Unmistakable Jura. Honey, vanilla, brown sugar…

Disappointment from the top! Popping the cork I find grimy cork scum all around the inside of the bottle from contact during storage. I carefully get a damp tissue and wipe it clean. I note that each…

Nice aroma, but lacks staying power. Disappointing from a distillery I want to like, but rarely have found the product up to scratch. Nose: Apples pears and peat. Nutty as well (Brazils). Taste: Burnt…

This year, on 28 and 29 May, Jura Tastival 2014 will take place. In their own words, this is a 'whisky tasting revolution'. Especially for the festival a whisky was bottled under the name Tastival. Along…

The Isle of Jura 1976 was very much to my liking, so the expectations for this 1977 are pretty high. In this case it is a mix of bourbon barrels and a port cask. So it must be sweeter, I think.Walnuts…

Let me end this flight of Jura with a bottling from Signatory’s Cask Strength Collection. This one was bottled by The Nectar from Belgium. It was distilled on 17 December 1989 and bottled on 26 September…

The Isle of Jura Origin is the reincarnation of their standard 10 Year Old. But you know as well as I that batches can vary significantly and the last time I tried this one was in 2010. Seeing that I…

I have absolutely no idea what Feith A' Chaorainn means, but according to Google it stands for 'the land around the rowan'. That does not help me much. So let me simply get started on this Isle of Jura…

Just recently discovered this Jura Bottling in a german online shop. The Website says its Traveler-Retail exclusive, so I don’t know about availability in your country. This Jura Version is without age…