Isle of Jura ( Official) - 10 years - 10 y.o. - 43,0%4
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- Bottler:
- Official
- Age:
- 10 years
- Alcohol:
- 43,0%
- Bottle details:
- average
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- (73,93)
- price class:
4 notes disponibles en français
First impression is some hints of yeast and malted notes, a touch of smoke and then soapy hints. This nose does not announce a very great whisky. Let's hope things will get better in the palate.
In the mouth, there is first some malty taste, not specially complex and even some hinder from alcohol. Then a pleasant development on fruity notes. The whole remaining rather discrete.
A long and fresh finish, fruity.
Certainly not an essential whisky.
2010A second tasting confirmed the first one. A rather interesting bottle, even if this is not an absolute must.
2004A pleasant malt smell, but rather flat precedes a surprise less taste. A good plain malt without this taste explosion which characterizes the best malts. The finish of average length is slightly sugared. A good whisky. A very good quality-price ratio. For this last reason, I heartily recommand it.
2003A relatively fruity nose leaving a lolly on a flower background impression.
In the palate, a kind of complexity, but the tastes remain in the fruit/flower register, without exaggerated contrasts, but without any failure neither.
A nice finish, still of the same kind (fruit/flower), with some remote woody touches.
2005Henrik Johansson
Appearance: Young sauternes, pale straw in light. Like fresh almond oil.
Nose: Salty and birch like. Slight peat smoke. Mutton fat and mustard. With water it becomes a bit tar like, grass fire, scented, ethyl alcohol. Like a perfect blend of a rocky sea islet and a burned down old forest.
Flavour: Old cigar fimp, a little fatty but not very rich, flame treated cane lump, dry mustard.
Development: Silkier nose with a delicate bouquet. The saltiness was quickest to vanish.
Comments: A tad unsatisfying. Not very rich, a bit bland and boring. But still a smooth dram that sinks easily.
2008Johannes_Sauer
App.: Medium golden, brasslike
N.: This is one really strange nose: Grappa, yoghurt, vegetables, sour cream and honey blend together in a really satisfying mixture. Apples and dried fruits like a bowl of bircher muesli in the morning. Wine and malty notes follow up. Also hints of rubber and leather can be detected. A very strange and individual nose, for sure a matter of taste, but for me very likeable.
P.: A rather smooth approach after this expressive nose. Honey and dried friuts with nuts and liquorice. A smooth bitterness like orange marmalade or green tea together with buttered shortbread. Very intense and balanced. This a little sour impression of the nose seems to be forgotten.
F.: Medium long but firm, leaving soft traces of caramel on the tongue. Conc.: This! is my everyday dram. Gentle but very impressive.
2008
