Jura 21 Year

Excellent dram that starts with a nose full of nuts, hazelnuts, peanuts and various spices. It continues with a complex palate where the aromas of the nose are added with chilli and almond chocolate, I also feel brackish notes. Best part is finish, long, brackish and spicy, grass and earth. Hard and pure whisky, also seen where it comes from. Really very good, exceptional value. I do not consider it a fundamental component, if not to understand the origin of the barrels, but an honorable mention for the color: real liquid gold! _______________________________________________________________________________ Eccellente bevuta che inizia da un naso pieno di noci, nocciole, noccioline e spezie varie. Si prosegue con un palato complesso dove agli aromi del naso si aggiunge cioccolato al peperoncino e mandorle, sento anche note di salmastro. Finale parte migliore, lungo, salmastro e piccante, erba e terra. Whisky duro e puro, visto anche da dove viene. Davvero molto buono, rapporto qualità/prezzo eccezionale. Non lo reputo una componente fondamentale, se non per capire la provenienza delle botti, ma menzione d’onore per il colore: vero oro liquido!

Nose - Dark chocolate, toffee, Snack Pack chocolate pudding cups, oak. Taste - Cinnamon spice infused raisins & plums, white pepper heat, dark chocolate, oak, tootsie rolls, chocolate pudding. Finish - Ling lingering white pepper spice heat, more chocolate pudding that fades to a dark chocolate covered raisin sweet, lingering cinnamon spice. Score - 85/100 Final Thoughts - This definitely tasted like an older Scotch in that it had that deep, brooding, wet, aged, soaked oak smell and taste to it. It smelled dark, had a tiny hint of dark stone fruits on the nose, but otherwise seemed to be dominated by this chocolate pudding cup & cocoa powder vibe throughout. There seemed to have been at least a tiny portion of sherried Scotch in there, but it was mostly dominated by the chocolaty nature. Nothing really offensive, but the cheap chocolate pudding cup vibe kinda killed it for me. Would I drink it if offered? - Yes Would I specifically order it? - No Would I buy a bottle? - No

Beautiful dram, i dont think it is too expensive and it is full of flavor. I am a fond fan of most Jura's Whiskies, but this is a good expression that deserves credit. Bottled at 44%abv On the nose is mostly sweet even for a mildly peated whisky. Heathery peat, Super sweet. Orange zest. Orange candy. Hints of coffee; Coffee intensifies after first sip. On the palate it is much more peaty. Tobacco. Cigarrettes, ginger spice, there is some citric fruits also. Second sip was much more earthy. The best part is the aftertaste. Smoky cigarrette finish. Wow this is super interesting, Its like nicotine. Earthy mud aftertaste. Impressive finish really, so earthy, almost dirt but in a pleasant way. Very long lasting. Overall this dram deserves a solid 89 over 100, i dont think it is an everyday dram but it is surely going to surprise you. I had it for a second time, found a lot of prunes and sherriness.

I felt like a senior citizen yelling at a millennial “damn it, young man, act your age!”. I expected more out of a 21 yr old. I’ve always felt that Jura lacks a focus and house style, which then makes its products all over the place. This was quite apparent in this 21 yr old. I went in expecting austere elegance, refinement, and classs...all enveloped around a powerful Islander style oceanic brine and sea salt. What I got was a smorgasbord of flavors, ranging from chocolate to fruits to oak. At the age of 21, resting in warehouses near craggy ocean beaten shorelines, I’d expect that influence to permeate into the whisky. Basic law of osmosis. So the let down, for me at least, wasn’t that it’s not good,..it’s a decent enough whisky. But I’m not getting the influence I’d expect in a 21 yr old Islander.

Spoiler alert: This is nothing like the Jura 16. More spoiler alert: Distiller's 88 is a disgrace. Sultana raisins, prunes and vanilla hits your nose with everything you can expect and desire from a sherry influenced whisky. The palate has an added element of sweet almond paste that really bring all the aromas together (as a side note, if you're not from the UK, using words like marzipan rather than almond paste or cream is just laughable). The finish is incredibly complex with a difficult to pinpoint aroma that truthfully reminds me of marijuana (you know what I'm talking about). This is truly pleasing.

Very interesting dram. Sweet citrus on the nose; can’t really detect any peat, so if it’s there, it is subtle. A small hint of vanilla and then the seaside characteristics come out - salt and brine, but not overpowering. For a 21 year old it’s not as refined as I would have thought, but it’s got all the right aspects. Palate is citrus, some spice. I lost the heathered peat. Some more marine notes. Well rounded, one note doesn’t overpower the rest. I find myself going back to it and coming away with a different note. I’ve had better 21s, but this is a solid dram.