Jura Origin 10 Year

So, I'm finally getting around to sampling my first offering from the tour group: Jura 10. I've seen bottle art depicting this offering as Origins 10, but my bottle doesn't indicate anything about Origins. A little research and I believe the bottle I have is a newer blend from the distillery and they chose to drop the wording from the bottle label. Apparently, they dropped some flavor from it, too. It's a standard 40% ABV and is chill filtered and has color added- all strikes against it in my book. It's your typical golden, burnt honey in color and offers only minimal sweet sherry notes on the nose. The bottle says American white oak bourbon casks were used to fully age it and it was finished in Oloroso sherry barrels. The oak used must've been from poorer quality barrel staves because there isn't much spice, pepper or heat detected on the tongue at all. It's so overpowered with sherry and watered down to reach the 40% that it almost tastes like the sweetness is artificial. The finish is medium in length and bitter and I keep topping off my Glencairn simply because I want the bottle gone. It isn't disgusting it just isn't the bottle you want lingering on the bar top because you would certainly not be reaching for it when you crave a dram or two. Therefore, it would just sit there and there are too many great single malts out there for that. So, in essence, this is a bit of a dud. I've had a couple of NAS Jura bottles that were much better than this and that's were I recommend everyone gravitate towards. Leave this 10yo bottle for the uninitiated. Moving on.... Cheers, my friends and apologies to the SDT group I sent this sample to. I'll do better next time.

Waitrose