Isle of Jura Brooklyn

The concept of this whisky is a bit of a head scratcher to me, no matter what the marketing blurb says I don't really see the parallel between Brooklyn and Jura. Although I suppose this is a good way to get a certain age bracket or crowd (ahem* Hipsters) interested in scotch.

Don't want to stir the pot but it's a dreaded NAS release, proabably because there is some young stuff in there, would be great if they could just give us the age of each component.

Robert99 pointed out to me that this one is a combination of bourbon, amoroso/oloroso sherry, and pinot noir wine casks, no info on the proportions(at the time of taking my notes I did not know of the types of casks used).

Nose: Leather, peat smoke, malty almost Ovaltine like, shoe polish, honeyed almonds, orange oil, dusty oak, dark fruits.

Palate: Light earthy peat, medicinal & camphor but just a touch, tobacco, blood oranges, dark chocolate and a slight drying astringency. With time the peat calms down and brown sugar and fruitcake appear.

The finish is medium in length, focusing more on smoke, raisins, and dark fruit filling. almost like a mashup of dark chocolate and wine flavoured cigar. The texture is thin but the alcohol is vaporous, almost brandy or cognac like. I would have liked to see this at 50% or even 46%.

This whisky is a bit of a workout, it jumps a bit between styles without being defined by one. I think this might be due to some cask play or wood technology as some call it(confirmed). That's not really so much a flaw here as making it difficult to peg, but like some band who just won't be pigeonholed.

I think this release has a lot of potential and it could help Jura regain some of it's shine.

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