It's a minor complaint, and somehow doesn't bother me.
Repeat sips will reveal that hospital bandage with heavily scented ointment experience. Very drinkable.Īs I mentioned above, it's a tad medicinal on the finish. No bite, just a caress that leaves you wanting another drink. The taste of Isle of Jura Superstition is surprisingly not young, cheap or bitter. This is a no-age-statement single malt and that's ok. Becomes a tad medicinal upon repeated sips, but somehow does not prevent me from reaching for more. Ginger, camphor enveloped in mild corona cigar smoke. Do I see a clipper on the horizon?Ī light bodied scotch serving up smooth tastes of angel hair weight peat, light malt and the gentlest of mint and phenolic compounds. Slight peat, a wee smoke and grass clippings. Isle of Jura Superstition Single Malt Scotch Whisky And what I would sip would be some of the local spirit: Isle of Jura Superstition. I'd hike all over it, find a spot that no one has visited, settle down, reach for a flask and take a sip as I gaze out to sea. No traffic, subdivisions, light pollution, urban sprawl or other manifestations of modernity. There is one church, store, and hotel, and a distillery. A 2001 census placed the island population at 188 and I don't hear that it has changed much. Think of me as the Anthony Bourdain of scotch and world whiskies, instead of featuring excellent cuisine in far off and obscure locales, as seen on Bourdain's entertaining television program: No Reservations, I'd visit Japanese whisky bars, down-and-out Danish liquor stores, up-and-coming whisky distilleries in India, and that piece of rock jutting out into the inhospitable Scottish sea called: Isle of Jura.īarren, jagged, windswept, that's Jura.
I am not a travel writer, but if I were, I am damn sure I would be a good one. But, I don't think I would ever tire of being a travel writer. Kallaskander on Macallan The Harmony Collectio…Īntihero7 on Glen Grant 15 y.o.I bore easily. Thoughts: Think I’d have prefered a touch less sherry influence, but hey…I’m still happy. I should note…follows delightfully well after a piece of 85% cacao dark chocolate. Chocolate covered ju-jubes…chocolate covered dried fruits. Heavy and brooding malt, but quite sweet as well. Suisse Mocha coffee mix (remember those rectangular tins?). It’s also a decent dram at a fair price point. The malt aligns perfectly with the spices usually plumbed from a bourbon barrel and the fruitier notes leeched from sherry butts. And any time you can tag a cool story onto it…I’m all over it.Įlixir is built on a bedrock of bourbon and sherry casks, which makes sense when you taste it. Either way, motivations aside, this is a pretty decent young dram. So, it would seem Jura 1) had a nifty little marketing angle to play with the magical water bit and 2) they wanted to beef up the range with what was apparently meant to be a fruity and spicy addition. Again from the whisky’s packaging: ‘An ancient gravestone not far from the distillery lies as testament to this tale’. In a feat of death defiance only paralled in the opening pages of the Old Testament, there was apparently even a Diurach who lived long enough to have spun the sun ’round 180 times. Jura bucks the trend here with the Elixir falling neatly in step behind the entry level ten year old ‘Origin’.įrom what all kindsa interesting folk are saying online (and as per the packaging itself), the name ‘Elixir’ is an homage to the ‘mystical, life-giving properties’ associated with the water springs on this tiny little Hebridean island, with some even suggesting that the water therein is responsible for the islanders’ longevity.
Interesting, really, as most distilleries will release either a ten year old or a twelve year old, but not both. This is Elixir, Jura’s take on a fairly standard twelve year old single malt. Just a hop, skip and a leap from the entry level malt in Jura’s core range.
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