Isle of Jura 1989 15 Year Old

Isle of Jura 18 Year Old

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 makes if quite different from the previous Jura 18, which was matured on oloroso, but has not been produced in more than a decade. The nose is honey sweet with a sour tough. Some baby breath and red fruit, soft...

Score 84/100

Isle of Jura 30 Year Old 1973 Cask 3155

The full details of the are Isle of Jura 1973 30 Year Old, oloroso sherry cask 3155, 486 bts (bottle 163). This 30 Year Old Jura was matured on an Oloroso sherry cask and hand-picked by Michael Heads, distillery manager at the time (but has since moved back to Islay to join Ardbeg). The nose is extremely fragrant, as the saying goes. Cedar wood,...

Score 91/100

Isle of Jura Aged 20 Years

I don't know much about this one - not sure about what cask(s) were used, just that it's an independent bottling of a 20yo Jura. The nose is a bit weird - blood orange, milk chocolate, very slight peaty.. and even a touch of dill pickle...? Lots of vanilla though. Tiny Tom donuts. Macadamia nuts. Behind the citrus and vanilla there are some weird...

Score 79/100

Jura 16 Year Old

First of all, I am reviewing the 75cl bottling at 43% abv, as opposed to the 70cl European bottling which is only available at 40% abv … and as a welcome surprise, the States finally gets a whisky break :-) Can anyone make any sense out of this … not that I am complaining ? It was difficult to find much information about this 16-year bottling,...

Score 88/100