![]() ![]() I think 75 EUR is a fair price for this bottle. This is without a doubt my favorite of the new core range. The finish is quite long and charming with its spiciness and dark fruit. The second sip offers some dark fruit like dades and raisins. Sweet and sour with red berries, lemons, blood oranges, a pinch of kitchen salt and some molded wood. I would have loved a bit more body (this is just shy of being watery), but taste-wise this is very nice. They’re presumably referring to 1963, when the distillery was re-founded, and they settled on Origin, which the box says is the 10-year-old whisky that. But after more than 5 minutes of nosing this, I have to say, I like it a lot. When the Isle of Jura’s sole eponymous distillery chose the name for its signature, single-malt whisky, they wanted it to (tell) of a passion rekindled, a distillery reborn. And you know what? It works! This is the kind of nose that makes me go ‘yes…no…’. Some baby breath and red fruit, soft butter and buttermilk. The nose is honey sweet with a sour tough. That makes if quite different from the previous Jura 18, which was matured on oloroso, but has not been produced in more than a decade. That spiciness lingers throughout the mouth for a while, especially at the back and roof of the mouth, and fades to a warm tingling and then to a warm honeyed sweetness.The new 18 Year Old from Jura matured on ex bourbon casks and was ‘enriched’ (at least according to the label) with red wine casks. That spiciness builds for a few seconds to relatively intense level, wavers a bit, and then takes on a flare of renewed intensity upon swallowing. The palate offers notes of sweet gingerbread, white chocolate, vanilla macaroons and custard, with a spicy fresh ginger edge. ![]() That quickly takes on an increasingly intense spicy flavor, leading most prominently with nutmeg this time along with touches of the previously mentioned allspice and cloves. It was matured for 21 years in ex-bourbon. ![]() Palate: Flows onto the tongue like honey, in a way that is both exceptionally sweet and with surprisingly viscous texture that quickly the coats the tongue (I typically get that feeling more toward the finish). 70cl / 46.7 / Distillery Bottling - This sweet and smoky whisky was released as part of Juras Aged Vintage series. That gradually transitions into a sweeter, mellower mix in which honey and slightly tart green apples are the primary flavors – almost pushing into sauvignon blanc territory – with a touch of the aforementioned spices and faint floral notes. Nose: Hits the nose with a moderately abrupt blast of spicy citrus dominated by oak, cloves, and allspice, with notes of lemon and oats, and evened out by a touch of honey. A 750-milliliter bottles runs somewhere between $30 and $42 depending on the online retailer.Īppearance: Golden amber, pretty middle of the road for a whisky. Vital stats: Single malt aged 10 years in bourbon barrels and bottled at 43 percent alcohol by volume. History aside, I’ve preferred to see the symbol as representing the cyclical nature of the world, which seems fitting as Origin apparently enters its waning days. Jura previously indicated that the triskele is the Celtic symbol for birth and beginnings. If you’re looking for any remaining bottles at your store, look for the box emblazoned with a triskele – a triple spiral that actually fits into Celtic tradition, as opposed to the Egyptian hieroglyph-like symbols on other bottles. Strain into a chilled Old Fashioned tumbler, and express the orange peel over the drink. Add the Jura, plenty of ice, and stir until well diluted (wed say thats around 40 counts). ![]() In a tumbler, muddle the sugar and bitters. Of Jura’s old primary quartet of whiskies placed on a four-corner scale of peated versus unpeated and heavy versus delicate, Origin sits on the lighter side of both. 50ml of Jura 14 Year Old American Rye Cask. Aromas of crème brulee, vanilla custard and gingerbread fill the nose, complemented by notes of fudge, vanilla shortbread, buttery pastry and toffee apples. Nevertheless, the archived website indicates Origin was aged for 10 years in ex bourbon casks. A 2007 Isle of Jura single malt from indie bottler Hunter Laing, matured in a single sherry butt for 14 years before being bottled in 2021 as part of its First Editions series. Yet even under the old brand that included Origin, Jura gave out little information about the process they use to create it, as a trip in the Wayback Machine shows. ![]()
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