Isle of Jura Elements 1989 Water

Isle of Jura 22 Year Old 'One for the Road'

Willie Cochrane started working at the Jura Distillery in 1977 as mashman. He soon became stillman to finally become the manager of the distillery. No less than 39 years has Willie worked at Jura, but all good things come to an end. Willie retired in September 2016. To celebrate the occasion, this ‘One for the Road’ was bottled, an Isle of Jura 22...

Score 84/100

Isle of Jura Provenance 1995 11 Year Old

Disappointment from the top! Popping the cork I find grimy cork scum all around the inside of the bottle from contact during storage. I carefully get a damp tissue and wipe it clean. I note that each time I remove the cork it splits around the centre - the pressure exposes a crack up to 3mm wide. This cork is on the way to death, and risks...

Score 81/100

Isle of Jura 12 Year Old Elixir

In 2011, a few days shy of Christmas, Isle of Jura launched a special release of their new 12 Year Old Elexir, bottled at 40% ABV and sold in 350ml bottles, exclusively through the British Sainsbury stores. Less than six months later, the general release, this time bottled at 46%, was available. I will be trying the 40% version from a small...

Score 80/100

Isle of Jura 12 Year Old

This Isle of Jura 12 Year Old is supposed to make us forget about the 10. I wonder why the 10 was then repackaged as well, but that’s just me. Anyway, this one matured in bourbon barrels and was finished on Spanish oloroso sherry casks. The color and ABV are identical, though. The nose is more of the same as the 10 Year Old, just a tad sweeter....

Score 74/100