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Isle of Jura 16 years old Review #whiskyadvent

By Miguel in Tasting , Isle of Jura

Day 4 of Maverick Drinks’ Whisky Advent Calendar. A quite special Jura. This Jura 16 years old is a fantastic experience. The first time I tasted it I really disliked it but someone told me that I was wrong that it was a good whisky, so I ordered a sample from Master of Malt and gave it a new try, and found a completely different whisky. The closest thing to a Macallan that you can get from outside the Highlands.

“I have an old bottle of the Jura 16 years old and it is way better than this, pretty big changes between batches. It still have that lovely tobacco leaves aroma that only old Macallan used to have”

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Isle of Jura 16 year
'With the smoothness of the 10 year-old allied to extra complexity from more ageing, this is a winner. 'A delicious and sophisticated dram with impressive depth and almost perfect weight.' Jim Murray

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (88): more than average. honey, citrus, sherry, chocolate, raisins, spices.

Palate (89): powerful, oily. honey, tobacco, vanilla, citrus, spices, chocolate, rubber.

Finish (89): longer than average. honey, citrus,tobacco leaves.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Isle of Jura 16 year with 89 points over 100.

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Jura 1976 35 years old Cask 888 Berry Bros & Rudd

By Miguel in Tasting , Isle of Jura

“Quite gorgeous! Love its notes of old rancio flowers. A bit salty, a bit peated, delightfully decadent. Love it!”

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Jura 1976 / 35 Year Old / Cask #888 / Berry Brothers& Rudd Island Whisky
A 35 year old single cask whisky from the Isle of Jura, distilled in 1976 and bottled in 2012 by Berry Brothers & Rudd. This one comes from cask 888, so we suspect this may be snapped up by fans of lucky numbers...

This dram has a old oak-like color.

Nose (92): more than average. honey, leather, pine wood, salt, varnish.

Palate (93): powerful, oily. peat, honey, wood, parma violets, spices.

Finish (93): longer than average. peat, floral.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Jura 1976 / 35 Year Old / Cask #888 / Berry Brothers& Rudd Island Whisky with 93 points over 100.

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Talisker Port Ruighe, Jura 1999 XU, Arran Eagle and Cutty Storm

By Miguel in Tasting , Arran , Cutty Sark , Isle of Jura , Talisker

A few weeks after tasting Talisker Storm I knew that Talisker was releasing another bottling, this time finished in Port casks: Talisker Port Ruighe.

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You can imagine how I felt!. I am not what you would call a fan of Talisker but I really enjoy the peat and pepper character of its whiskies and I have been in love with it since I tasted some of Talisker oldest bottles. I tried by all the means to get a sample from the distillery but…

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I have had to wait for the guys of Master of Malt to released it in their drink by the dram section ( God bless them! ). So just to complete the tasting I added other whiskies that I were really interested in tasting: A Jura 1999 Bourbon XU, a now discontinued Arran The Eagle and the new Cutty Storm.

I have no idea how each of them are, but the Jura that says heavily peated… so let’s begin with the blended whisky.

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Jura 50th anniversary Tweet Tasting #Jura50TT

By Miguel in Tasting , Featured , Isle of Jura

Jura Distillery is making its 50th anniversary of its reopening this year. So they decided to do an awesome tweet tasting with fifty bloggers from all around the world and organized by Steve Rush from The Whisky Wire.

I have been a big fan of Jura since I rediscovered their sherried whiskies a few years ago. In each of them you can feel the great nose of Mr Richard Paterson. Great whiskies they are in fact.

So who of you would say no to a tasting of five Jura whiskies? Not me really.

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On the way from Scotland to home one of the samples got broken. RIP dear friend.
I have to say that I had already tasted the 30 years old Camas An Staca and I was quite happy about it. But about the rest I have no clue about what we were drinking.

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Jura 30 years old Camas An Staca: Sherry supremacy

By Miguel in Tasting , Isle of Jura

“Sherry crack! This Jura 30 years old is outstanding.”

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Isle of Jura 30 Year Old
A terrifying 30 year old whisky from Jura. The name 'Camas an Staca' translates to be simply 'Standing Stone' and refers to one of the 8 ancient stones dotted about the island of Jura.

The whisky has been matured in American oak for 27 years before being finishing in Gonzalez Byass Oloroso butts for 3 years before bottling at 44% ABV. This whisky is quite an experience in itself.

This dram has a tawny-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. floral, honey, nuts, pepper, citrus.

Palate (91): powerful, oily. honey, nuts, wood, tobacco, vanilla, cocoa, citrus.

Finish (90): longer than average. nuts, cocoa.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Isle of Jura 30 Year Old with 90 points over 100.

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Tasting Jura 10 years old Origins

By Miguel in Tasting , Isle of Jura

“Somewhat peated and very floral... after tasting Jura 16yo I am considering that my miniatures of Jura maybe be corrupted.”

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Isle of Jura 10 year Origins
Off the west coast of Scotland lies a magical island of soft sea breezes, freshly caught lobster and a bank that comes once a week. As good as life used to be. One shop, one pub, one community. One fine malt whisky distillery. A gift from nature. Pure spring water, clean fresh air and generations of tradition quietly crafting a more delicate island malt. Visit the island, meet the people, drink the whisky.

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (86): more than average. peat, floral, honey, spices, citrus.

Palate (85): smooth, oily. peat, citrus, spices, pepper.

Finish (85): average. honey, floral, pepper.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Isle of Jura 10 year Origins with 85 points over 100.

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Tasting Jura Prophecy

By Miguel in Tasting , Isle of Jura

“Very nice Jura whisky! Lovely character with an adorable touch of peat”

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Isle of Jura Prophecy / Peated Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling - Isle of Jura's 'profoundly peated' Prophecy bottlings are released in small batches and are drier, stronger and smokier than the standard Superstition peated IOJ.

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (89): more than average. honey, citrus, floral, vanilla. Superior!

Palate (90): powerful, oily. honey, wood, peat, spices, vanilla, coffee.

Finish (89): longer than average. peat, citrus.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Isle of Jura Prophecy / Peated Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky with 89 points over 100.

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Tasting Jura 16 years old

By Miguel in Tasting , Isle of Jura

“The Macallan of the Islands! Powerfully sherried Jura whisky. Really lovely”

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Isle of Jura 16 year
'With the smoothness of the 10 year-old allied to extra complexity from more ageing, this is a winner. 'A delicious and sophisticated dram with impressive depth and almost perfect weight.' Jim Murray

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. honey, nuts, tobacco, citrus, pepper, floral. Woo! Definitively my miniatures of Jura were corrupted. This 16 years old is fascinating!

Palate (91): powerful, oily. Honey, tobacco, pepper, nuts, vanilla. Outstanding!

Finish (91): longer than average. citrus, nuts.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Isle of Jura 16 year with 91 points over 100.

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Tasting Jura Superstition

By Miguel in Tasting , Isle of Jura

“Very nice Jura whisky. Peater and more complex than Jura 10yo. Very nice whisky”

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Isle of Jura Superstition
A union of two Jura malt whisky styles: one bold, strong and peated, the other warm and delicate. This unique whisky is created from the marriage of traditional Islay style peated barley and a selection of aged malts.

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (88): more than average. peat, citrus, honey, pepper, vanilla. Better, more like an Islay whisky. I like.

Palate (89): powerful, oily. peat, wood, honey, citrus, earth. Almost great!

Finish (89): longer than average. cocoa, honey.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Isle of Jura Superstition with 89 points over 100.

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Berry Bros Tweet Tasting: Perhaps best tasting of the year

By Miguel in Featured , Bunnahabhain , Isle of Jura , North of Scotland , Littlemill , Berry Bros

Incredible evening with Berrys Bros & Rudd Whisky, Steve Rush and the rest of the amazing panel of tasters with @OliverKlimet, @cowfish, @BBRrob, @weheartwhisky, @EdinburghWhisky and @themisswhsiky between others under the #BerrysWhisky hashtag. (By the way, follow me @whiskywardrobe if you aren’t already :) )

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This tasting has been quite an odyssey for me. The parcel was supposed to arrive home at beginnings of the week and it was Wednesday and it still haven’t arrived yet. I was starting thinking that I may miss the most incredible Tweet Tasting of the year so far.

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