Tastes

Nose: fruit cake, rum, marzipan, oak, banana, peaches Palate: smooth sweet start, spice, then tropical fruits, under-ripe bananas Finish: dry sharp fruits. Nutty malt

25ml sample Darker than younger Juras, think this due to the virgin oak finish rather than the age though. Nose: sweet, fruit cake, sherry, vanilla, marzipan Palate: rich and thick. Sweet then spice Finish: familiar Jura sweet malt and light peat I am a fan of Jura and did get a lot from this. I don't think its worth the price bump from the younger cousins though.

Nose: honey, sherry, chocolate, oak, vanilla. The sour alcohol burn and wood reminds me of walnuts. Taste: sweet start, picks up with tingly spice Finish: similar chewy malt smoke I've enjoyed with the Jura journey and 10 year

Nose: savoury, verging on rye sweetness, apple, orange, crumble, blueberry muffin Palate:smooth, sweet malt, medicinal, aniseed Finish: thick malt, light smoke Often on offer for very cheap, its a good pick for a session

Nose: honey, banana, vanilla, oak Palate: white pepper, raisins, honey, syrup texture Finish: long. Sweet, peppery spice, slight malty smoke at the end

Nose: smoke, bacon, sea salt, rosemary, white pepper, brine, oak, pencil sharpenings (On second dram the shock of the smoke dies away and citrus fruits show up first: citrusy apple, lemon, pear, apricots) Palate: decaying vegetables, spice, salt spray, fire Finish: campfire, malt, long and very dry tail I particularly enjoy peated whiskies, so this is a new favourite of mine. Less smokey than the Lagavulin 16, but matches it with strong flavours from the small butt.

Nose: delicate. vanilla, oak, orange, leather Palate: figs, raisins, pepper, nutty Finish: dry, malty, slightly smokey

Nose: apply skins, vanilla, honey, smoke Palate: herbal, spices Finish: long smokey malty finish Healeys are tradionally a cider farm, but they've recently branched out to whisky and gin as well as brandy. Tried this single malt (only 1200l produced so far) and a blended malt where they've teamed up with st Austell. Quite expensive at £200 a bottle, so stuck with the sample, but really nice balanced flavour.