*If the whisky reviewed in this article has caught your eye, you can buy it from Master of Malt here. A bolder, braver Jura, and one that I could maybe begin to get on board with. The addition of subtle smoke and gentle oloroso notes creates an entirely new flavour profile. Still, for me, this is an improvement on the Jura of old. Thoughts: Nice to see the new version remain in the same price category as the expression it replaced, though a higher bottling strength would have been a real improvement. Taste: Cinnamon sticks, Pepper, Sherry, Caramel, Honey and a touch of Smoke. Smell: Caramel & Sherry, Vanilla, Honey, Apple & Cinnamon with an undercurrent of Ash & Smoke. Bottled at 40%, it is available in the UK for around £37. Replacing Jura ‘Origin’ is a new 10 year old expression, matured in American Oak for 10 years before a period of finishing in Oloroso Sherry casks. For my part, however, the notion of a new take on the Jura spirit was an intriguing one, unconvinced as I was by the previous incarnations. Such was the success of the Jura brand, the announcement earlier this year that the range was to be completely overhauled took many by surprise with fans mourning the loss of Origin, Superstition and Prophecy. The new Jura distillery was designed by famed architect William Delme-Evans and once in production, the spirit began to establish itself as a household name single malt. Seeking to halt the population decline, landowners Robin Fletcher and Tony Riley-Smith got together in 1963 and decided to bring distillation back to the island. Where once over a thousand people made their home on this beautiful island off Scotland’s western coast, there are now less than 200 inhabitants. Over the years that followed, the distillery buildings fell into ruin as all around them, the local population dwindled. After almost a century in operation, the strain of running a business in such a remote area began to have an effect and the distillery finally ceased production in 1901. 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 original Craighouse distillery on the isle of Jura was created in 1810. 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. 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. 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). 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. 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. Nevertheless, the archived website indicates Origin was aged for 10 years in ex bourbon casks. 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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