Isle of Jura reviews

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning" said Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore played by Robert Duvall. This line would go well with Jura Superstition. Smoke is very subtle in this one and the spici…

A good dram with a nice balance of peat and sweet flavours. With water the nose develops with fruit, salted cheese, toffee, caramel, tobacco and increased sweetness. The taste with water becomes toffee…

Nose: Ah! This is a nice one. Sherried and lovely. Rum soaked sultanas , dates and figs. Lovely fruit salad effect. Yumm. Some old furniture and cigar leaves. A certain earthiness and peat with wood…

The German bottler Malts of Scotland has never before bottled a cask of Isle of Jura whisky. But at a recent festival, they had brought a cask sample to allo Glenn Vanbellingen, Belgian Jura-aficionado…

It was the one who opened my eyes with regards to malt drinks. I was quite entusiasthic back then. It has a bit of a spicy flavour wich opens up quite nice. Depending on the batch is lightly sweet or not…

A brand new Jura is announced today, and this is the first ever review of it( i got a sneak preview) The new expression is called Called the Standing Stone, or ‘Camas an Staca’ in Gaelic, the new expr…

I bought a bottle of Isle of Jura 10 year old in my local whisky specialist shop. I talked a bit about this whisky with the salesman, and he said, that among the poeple going into the shop 50% likes Jura…

Bought this as my local had it on special offer. First impression was that I was not impressed.It had a rather rough oiliness to the body that reminded me of Glenfiddich (probably my least favourite…

This whisky is a nice one. It's quite smooth, gentle and tasty. But It's pretty uneventful. I guess it is for those moments when you don't feel like examining a dram for hours. If you just want to sit…

Quite lovely...sweet, warm and long. No bitter aftertaste. Full gold colour with a medium body. Feinty aroma (honey,leather, chewing tabaco)and Winey (shery, wine) Medium complexity and sweet oily…