6/10/2023 0 Comments Isle of jura unpeatedDeeper and darker than a Lynch movie, this is a whisky for the most introspective and dark-hearted to mull over in the most forbidding depths of the darkest lounge. This is a sublimely heavy and brooding dram. The chariot that delivers this complex amalgamation of all that is Islay (and so much more) is the perfect vehicle at a respectable 54.2% (When will all of the others learn?). The smoke, brine and seasoned meat carry to the palate as well, here gaining a sharp little prickle from a thread of anise. Beginning with the Prophecy bottling, Jura returned to its heavily peated roots. Following its resurrection in 1963, the various expressions were produced in a lightly peated style. Tendrils of salted meat and roasting…well…just roasting something. Historically Jura was a peated malt very similar in style to its cousins on neighboring Islay. There are notes of chocolate and warm leather carried, no doubt, by the sherried casks. 1927 DCL (later Diageo) takes over Caol Ila. 1857 Bulloch Lade buys the distillery and builds a pier at the site. A deep sherry influence, while not overburdening, is held in check by dense layers of smoke. 1846 Caol Ila founded by Hector Henderson next to Port Askaig. This will be one of the most blindingly original whiskies you have ever tried.Īt once sweet, salty and smoky. The distillery advise that you may pick out hints of honey and pine, as the balance of peated and unpeated spirits is matured to perfection in ex-Bourbon casks. Inside, Jura is a classic 1960s distillery large rooms, a clear flow from a semi-lauter tun, stainless steel washbacks, and a capacious stillhouse with very tall (7. This is nature’s fiercest, distilled and decanted. The distillery benefits from an award-winning visitors centre, cafe and. And also like feeling grateful simply for having stood so close to the vortex and lived to tell. The Isle of Jura range includes unpeated, lightly-peated and heavily-peated whiskies. Like being lambasted by gusts of rain and hurricane winds. This is like standing on the shores of Islay while the skies tear open above. This Scottish island whisky is a 10 year single malt bottling which uses a combination of peated and unpeated barley in the makeup of the whisky. Its might and majesty so beyond the scope we’re used to seeing in such a young and core range bottling. This…this is the fearsome dark storm of Islay. Big Barrel Princess Street, Palmerston NorthĬan you hear the distant rumblings? Imagine the sky turning the color of bruises and black eyes?.Big Barrel Albert Street, Palmerston North.
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