As I continued to sip I also noticed dried apricots, marmalade, and a scattering of tea leaves that add to the character of the whisky and this pleases me even more. I taste smoky dry fruit (prunes dates and raisins), baked apples and pears, and tinges of cinnamon and baking spices. Some sweet malty flavours come forward to accent the earthy flavour of the peat. Fine oak spices add to the dram’s character. The initial sip from the glass brings me sweet butterscotch which is combined with lightly salty, somewhat boggy, organic pea with flavours of heather, lavender and a touch of menthol. Sweet malted barley smells have wafted in from beyond the forest and light scents of marmalade, vanilla and baking spices have drifted in. Sawgrass and timothy hay are growing in the meadow with summer flowers just beginning to bloom. A boggy meadow must be nearby as I smell damp peat under the meadow grass, with lush ferns and willow bushes clinging to its edges. If I closed my eyes and held the glencairn under my nose I could imagine I was in an evergreen forest with damp moss covering the ground. When I tilted my glass and gave it a slow swirl I noticed the whisky imparted long slender legs which ran quickly back into whisky. The colour of the whisky in the glass is a nice copper with an obvious orange tincture when held up to the light. (I am pretty sure that was the intended effect.) In the Glass 8.5/10 I told him about the implied superstition and our dram was in that way combined with shared conversation. (When I poured a dram for a friend, he immediately asked about the ankh cross. I especially like the added touch of the Ankh cross on the face of the bottle which is to be held against the palm as you pour it to give you good luck and fortune. Even the labeling is professional and exudes a certain class. The Jura Superstition is no exception, the bottle arrives in a classy box, it has a unique shape and is corked as good whisky should be. Their single malt whiskies always seem to have just that bit of pizzazz in the presentation that sets them apart from the other whisky bottles on my shelf. I have mentioned before that the marketing people in Scotland always seem to be just ahead of us guys in North America.

The spirit has no age statement, but is priced similarly to the Isle of Jura 10 and 12 Year Old Whiskies which perhaps give us a hint at the age of the whiskies in the blend. It is believed that pouring from this bottle with the Ankh cross in the centre of your palm is a ritual that will bring good health and good fortune. Jura is an island wrapped in Superstition with a litany of strange and bewildering customs. The spirit is meant to revel in the ancient superstitions which surround the Isle of Jura.Īccording to the Jura Single Malt Whisky website: Jura Superstition is said to be a union of two whisky styles, a bold peated whisky (about 13 % of the blend) and non-peated lighter more delicate whiskies. It was not until 153 years later, in 1963, that the distillery was rebuilt by two local businessmen, Robin Fletcher and Tony Riley-Smith who then began to distill their Jura Single Malt Whisky.

Unfortunately the distillery in those early days led a troubled life, and it soon fell into disrepair and was abandoned. The Distillery (the island has only one), was built at an old smugglers’ cave near the hamlet of Craighouse in 1810. It apparently has only one road and one hotel, and its population is about 200 people strong. It is a small Island being only seven miles wide and is 30 miles long. Jura Superstition continues our exploration as we visit the Isle of Jura which is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, situated just a little north-east of Islay. Inc. at the Edmonton Wine and Beyond McTagggert Ridge location) I knew that I had to write a new review to update how the brand may or may not have changed. Being so long away from the spirit, when I had a chance to re-visit the Superstition (at an event hosted by Ryan Engen who is the Director of Spirits, for Liquor Stores N.A. My original review for Jura Superstition Single Malt Whisky was published in September of 2011. Review: Jura Superstition Single Malt Whisky (86.5/100)Ī review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)

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