![]() ![]() ![]() The smoke again is peaty but subtler than in the nose. After a couple moments, that begins to turn smoky and spicy. ![]() Palate: Hits the tongue with a smooth and sweet (if not viscous) drop of honey. Nose: While peat surely makes its presence known in the nose, it is surprisingly subdued, largely taking a back seat to earthy but tropical aromas, starting with the smell of honey and oak and gradually growing to include notes of lemon, clove and sandalwood. Vital Stats: 43 percent alcohol by volume, packaged in a 750 milliliter bottle priced somewhere between $40 and $60 depending on the retailer and your location.Īppearance: Golden amber with a slightly reddish hue. It is aged in ex-bourbon casks and has no visible age statement, making it a non-age statement bottling. describes it as being crafted from about 13 percent peated barley and the rest unpeated barley. While Jura gives plenty of island superstition to accompany this whisky – such as the local belief that good luck will come from holding this bottle so that the Ankh, the Egyptian cross-like symbol of life emblazoned on the front, is in the center of the palm – practical information on the creation and make-up of this whisky is sparse.ĭescribing it as a “lightly peated,” Jura places Superstition on a delicate/peated side of its four primary products. They were proud enough of this fact to name a Scotch in his honor. Superstition comes from Isle of Jura, a Whyte & Mackay (Emperador) distillery named for the intriguing island on which it is situated – a rugged, sparsely populated place about 60 miles from Glasgow (overshadowed by its southwesterly neighbor, Islay) that George Orwell described as “the most un-get-at-able place” as he used it as a solitary retreat to write 1984, the distillery’s website boasts. Taste: Earthy, heather, peat, savory, butterscotch, honey, vanilla, sweet orange, light smoke.Read as a neutral statement, that essentially encapsulates the flavor profile of Superstition, a mildly sweet Scotch with a touch of peat smoke and some notes of tropical and earthy spices – pleasant and mildly interesting but not extraordinary. Nose: Earthy, moist moss, heather, orange peel, butterscotch, light smoke. A highly enjoyable whisky indeed, and highly worth its price (under $46 in the UK). It’s not a perfectly balanced whisky then, in my opinion, but it is perfectly delicious. The finish is long, spicy and peaty, and throughout the whole experience – from nose to finish – is a thing veil of smoke, trying its best to unify the other qualities but not quite getting there. This is followed by a savory quality that I can’t quite put my finger on – before dipping into a pool of sweetness: that butterscotch is there again, along with honey, vanilla and sweet orange. On the palate its light yet a bit oily, and starts out with those same earthy, heathery, peaty notes that you find on the nose with the addition of a peppery note. I don’t know how many times I’ve said a whisky has a good nose on here, but I’m going to go ahead and do it again: it has a very good nose. Now then, Superstition – on the nose it’s earthy, reminiscent of slightly moist moss, heathery, peaty, and it carries a sweetness which brings to mind sweet orange peel and butterscotch. Will I tell you what this manner is? It’s more fun not to so no, no I will not. Whatever its history, Jura superstition says that it brings you good luck – but only if you pour the whisky in the “correct manner”. Personally, I bet it has something to do with the Goa’uld (that one goes out to any Stargate fans out there). According to Wikipedia, the Ankh is known as the “key of life” and is an ancient hieroglyphic character out of Egypt – though its origin remains unknown. That’s not the only superstition surrounding the bottle, however – there’s also the Ankh. One of them is that it is unlucky to cut peat before the beginning of May – I’m sure that one wasn’t invented by a group of laborers who prefer to work when it’s warm out or anything. The name, so the folk at Jura tell us, stems from the many superstitions present on the Isle of Jura. It’s one of their standard expressions and will set you back somewhere between $29-46 in most shops. Today, I’ll be taking a look at Jura Superstition.
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