![]() Isle of Jura Superstition earned the Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and the Beverage Testing Institute Competition in 2012. The whisky gives way to notes of cloves, cinnamon, nuts, heather and peat on the palate, and finishes with a warming touch of honey and cedar. The whisky has a subtle aroma of smoke, olives, marzipan and marinated beef. Once the whisky has been distilled, it is matured up to 21 years in American oak casks that were previously used to mature bourbon. Isle of Jura Superstition Single Malt Scotch Whisky is crafted from 13% peated barley (the barley is peated to 40 phenol ppm) and 87% unpeated barley. ![]() ![]() The stills' unusual size and shape emphasizes the high ester notes of the barley, and produces a noticeably lighter and fruitier whisky. Once the barley has been mashed, it is fermented and then distilled through Jura's 28-foot tall copper-pot stills. Jura Single Malt Scotch Whisky is made from Scottish barley, which is milled at the distillery and mashed with hot water in order to release its natural sugars. Today, the Jura Distillery represents a fusion of modern distillation techniques with traditional craftsmanship, and remains one of the most remote and isolated distilleries on the planet. Nearly a century after it was opened, the distillery was dismantled due to a land dispute, and remained closed until 1963. The Jura Distillery was founded in 1810 by Laird Archibald Campbell, and sits alongside the Corryvreckan Whirlpool. About Jura Superstition Single Malt Scotch WhiskySituated sixty miles off the western coast of the Scottish mainland, the Isle of Jura is one of the most sparsely populated islands in Scotland - it boasts 5,000 red deer, 200 human beings, two churches and just one distillery. Find all you need.Ĭrafted at a remote distillery and matured up to 21 years, Jura Superstition earned Gold Medals from the Beverage Testing Institute and the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Enjoy this neat meditating on the enigmas of life.Shop Jura Superstition Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750mL in our collection of Whiskey at. This is arresting, attractive equanimous single malt in a very lovely package. The finish is buttery, oiled, rich, lightly smoky and mixed with lovely herbs and spices. The flavors follow suit and add spice, pine and vegetal peat as the sweet creaminess of the mouth-feel leisurely gives resolving delicately on salt and oily walnut. To celebrate the living history and suspect beliefs of their neighbors, Superstition was created by blending an older, fine, creamy malt 21 years old with a younger, robust peated malt 13 Year old the effect is mesmeric! The nose is direct and structured with the sultry finesse of heather honey, smoky toffee, dates, cocoa, golden raisin, fern, oily nuts, camp-fire and confect with a calm under-current of maritime influence. Observe this ritual, they say and good health and fortune will surely follow.The Isle of Jura is populated by less than 200 people who are said to be superstitious. The islanders believe that good luck comes by holding the bottle with the Ankh cross in the centre of your palm. Just so long as you drink the whisky in the correct manner. This ancient symbol dates back to Egyptian times and is long rumored to bring good fortune. ![]() There is a litany of strange and bewildering customs on Jura but maybe the one regarding the Ankh cross demands the greatest attention. Always finish a bottle of Jura on the day its opened. Jura Superstition Single Malt Scotch 750 ML hard to find !Jura is an island wrapped in superstition. ![]()
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