Kallaskander on Macallan The Harmony Collectio…Īntihero7 on Glen Grant 15 y.o. Paul M on Highland Park Cask Strength Re… The excavations of a hut circle at Cul a Bhaile, Jura ', Proc. Thoughts: Not just beautiful for Jura, but beautiful for whisky. ( 1976 ), ' Preliminary results from the beaker. Faint touch of char and smokiness (but not peat). Rich hard wood (but not shavings or sawdust or anything). Oh yeah…and the whisky is at least as good as the tales it is linked to. All seem rather esoteric and badass in mine eyes. Said superstitions speak of protection for the island’s travellers, guarding against malevolent beings and witchcraft, being the tree from which the first woman in Norse mythology was made, having saved the mighty Thor from a powerful torrent, being the tree on which the devil hung his own mother, a portal between worlds, and is the culmination of a Greek myth involving a lost chalice and the blood and feathers of a gods-sent eagle. ' prices, stores, tasting notes and market data. Stores and prices for '1976 Isle of Jura Distillery Rare Vintage Sing. Of course, time and care usually translates into a. Fantastically rich, spiced oak, zesty citrus and honey, supported by vanilla and caramel. Enjoy this fantastic product delivered right to your door by Worldwide Wine & Spirits. This one, fortunately, happens to be cooler than most, and ties back to superstitions surrounding the Rowan tree. Time consuming, labor intensive production processes mean that single malt whiskeys usually occupy the top end of the whiskey market. ISLE OF JURA 1976 - 750ml by ISLE OF JURA 999.99 quantity-10 +10 add to cart product description. Like most contemporary whisky releases, the brand found a cool angle and spun the hell out of it. ‘Feith A’ Chaorainn’, means ‘The lands around the Rowan tree’. This beautifully aged Jura 1976 Feith A Chaorainn vintage, named after the rowan tree as the translation literally means the lands around the rowan. The malt we’re looking at now happens to fall in that last category I mentioned above. And I think past Jura scores speak to that. I like to believe that I can still distance myself enough to score fairly, though. I’ve romanticized the heck out of the region. Secondly, and probably most tellingly, I cotton to nearly everything that comes from the Hebridean heaven of Islay, and that sort of carries over to Jura as well. Stores and prices for 1976 Isle of Jura Distillery The Road Single. So why then do I give them a bit of a pass? First off, because I think Jura has improved dramatically in the past few years. The Isle of Jura is a barren, sparsely populated Inner Hebridean island off the we. The thing with Jura, though, is that it’s wildly inconsistent, generally too wine-heavy and often has a nutty/malty character that doesn’t work for me. And then, a few steps down the road from there, two or three have actually been spectacular. And some have actually been quite special. If I’m to be totally honest, several of the whiskies have been less than awesome. I think I’ve conceded this here on ATW before: I have a glaring hole in my common sense and a pseudo-blind spot in some respects when it comes to Jura.
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