#Isle of jura 21 year old review full

This particular detail is usually difficult to confirm with distilleries that use caramel coloring to “brighten the corners” of what might otherwise be a fairly dull looking whisky. One thing I will say with some measure of confidence is that my taste buds can usually detect the substance, even though it is supposed to be flavorless. I can’t be sure the culprit is in here, or not, but I suspect a little might be–in fairly low amounts. While tasting Isle of Jura 21-Year-Old, I am reminded of artificial caramel flavor (E150a). At the death, a phantom note of sweetness makes a come-back, revealing a bit of marshmallow nougat. Palate: Rhubarb, with other stewed fruits dry roasted peanut cardamom, saffron vanilla, and more toffee.įinish: Medium finish that finally reveals a bit of oak tannins, with a slightly bitter downturn. Nose: Marshmallow nougat toffee honey malted milk balls wheat grass juice cashew butter. Vital Stats: 44% ABV (88 proof) aged 21 years 100% malted barley price ranges from $135-$170. It’s sweet, creamy, slightly oaky, and thus appeals to a wide range of preferences. Call this whisky “domesticated,” if you wish. The bottle itself has a feminine, curvy appearance, which even tapers in at the “waist.” In fact, it reminds me a little of a prehistoric fertility goddess.Īlthough Jura offers a few peated options in its core line-up, which culminate in Prophecy–a non-chill filtered, heavily peated whisky–the Jura 21 year-old is a different sort of animal. A black and white picture of the distillery is visible though a window on the lid, adding a vintage look. It’s undeniable that the ABV percentage is the same (44%), and today’s packaging is also quite innovative, with a removable buckling top that pulls up to reveal a black multi-tiered stand for the whisky bottle to perch upon. On the box of its Jura 21-Year-Old offering, the distillery claims that the whisky embraces “many characteristics” of the 200th anniversary commemorative bottling. The precise age of the barrel held a special significance because it was the year that Jura distillery was rebuilt. In 2010, Jura distillery released a 200 Year Anniversary special 21-Year-Old bottling that was finished in a Gonzalez Byass Oloroso Sherry cask from 1963. ‘Tide’ is the more oily of the two, but ‘Time’ with its peaty influence has more interest for me I think.Jura 30-Year-Old won Best Islands Single Malt, as well as Best Islands Single Malt Over 21 Years, at the 2016 World Whiskies Awards. These 21’s are no exception to that rule, they’re tasty, oily, and well presented drams. Overall Thoughts: I’ve long been a fan of older Juras, it seems to me to be a whisky that gets much better with age and shines once over 20. Thoughts: A gentle, well aged, dram that has plenty of flavour and life left in it.

Finish: On the finish there’s a really fresh element that makes it stand out and shine, possibly the effect from the fresh oak casks. Sweet and fruity, yet mellow and rounded. It’s kind of creamy with hints of chocolate. Slight hints of smoke, probably from cask char. Gentle at first but with wood spices slowly building. I’m talking more green fruits here rather than the darker sherry type fruits. Info: Aged in American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels, further finished in virgin American white oak casks. Thoughts: Jura with a hint of peat, that sounds good to me… and it is good! I love old Jura and this one, even with a peaty influence, is a gentle giant of a dram. There’s a balanced sweetness that stays aronud for a long time.

Finish: Here you can find much more of the ex peated cask influence there’s a familiar peaty, mossy note to it. Hold it on your tongue (you’ll probably want to for ages) and just a hint of spice will poke out through the well aged malt. Palate: A really easily intoduced dram, even at this slightly higher abv.

#Isle of jura 21 year old review full

Nose: Full of sweet buttery candy (think Werther’s Original) with just a hint of dying fire embers behind notes of salty malt.

Info: Aged in American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels and finished in ex-peated malt casks. What are the differences? Let’s take a look at them…

‘Tide’ should be available at your usual specialist whisky retailer, where as ‘Time’ is travel retail only (i.e. Jura has released two permenant additions to it’s range, a pair of 21yo whiskies both are non-chillfiltered, just how we like them. “A Pair of 21 Year Old whiskies shaped by time, eroded by tide.”