After an exceptional 19 years in this ex-sherry butt, the whisky was selected by Graham Logan and Mark Bruce for decanting into 470 of Jura's iconic seafaring bottles.Įach bottle was filled at a full bodied cask strength ABV of 55%, hand-sealed, labelled and individually numbered in August 2020 at the distillery.Ĭombine the single sherry cask maturation, impressive age and cask-strength alongside its limited release, this Jura expression offers whisky lovers a unique island dram that won't be repeated. The island distillery is also celebrating after their portfolio scooped up 11 Gold Medal wins at the recent International Spirits Challenge (ISC).ĭistilled in May 2001, unpeated spirit was placed into Jura cask no.1708 to start its journey to creating this very special expression. So far, releases have featured red wine, Spanish sherry and ex-bourbon finishes. In 2020, Jura pushed the envelope by launching 'Cask Editions', a new series celebrating the role of different cask finishes in whisky maturation. Ex-bourbon casks are a staple at the Jura distillery, however, they also source a number of different French and Spanish wood types. Cask filling and maturation takes place on their island home. Unlike the pungently peated and smoky drams of their island neighbour, the whisky produced at Jura is primarily unpeated, however, some expressions do incorporate a little peated spirit.Ĭreating Jura’s single malt whisky takes time. The taller the stills, the purer the spirit and these stills allow Jura to shape their distinctive light, delicate and floral new make. The stills at Jura are especially tall at 7.7m (the second tallest stills in Scotland after Glenmorangie’s). On Jura, whisky-making runs through the island and its people. Today, everything produced at the distillery is used to create Jura’s single malt.Īn embodiment of their island home, Jura Single Malt Whisky is renowned as a rich coastal dram combining subtle smoke and sweetness. The rebuilding of the distillery was backed by blenders Charles Mackinlay & Co, and so it produced a spirit to meet the needs of their blends. With an island population of barely 200, it is no half-truth that the distillery is the beating heart of the Diurach community. The historic site was reopened in part to provide jobs to what was a declining population at the time. Originally established in 1810, Jura distillery was reborn in 1963 and with it a local community was revived. Set on the isolated Hebridean island with which it shares its name, although often in the shadows of their southwesterly neighbour (Scotland’s celebrated whisky island of Islay), the whisky produced on Jura is nothing to be overlooked.
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