Jura Seven Wood

Tasting neat: Slightly hot on the nose with dark wine notes, honey, pear, butterscotch, and citrus zest and the slightest smoke. Taste is jampacked with caramel and vanilla and wood smoke. Finishes is quick yet full, with lingering wood and some salinity.

Light smoke/peat. Get a bit of cinder toffee and salt.

I did a lot of homework before tasting this whisky. Jura Seven Wood has been matured in the following Oak Barrels: Ex-Bourbon, Vosgues, Jupilles, Allier, Les Bertranges, Limousin and Tronçais. Most of them are casks used in the maturation of red wines like Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Franc; Cognac and Champagne. They actually come from different forests and forest's subzones of France. But, are the seven different barrels giving this Jura the complexity it promises? At only 42%abv? The answer is yes. It is a Rollercoaster of diverse flavors and aromas. It is not that expensive and it is worth trying. Let's decode the aroma and tasting notes: On the nose, it is amazingly complex yet very balanced. Starts with burnt grass, then becomes toffee and white chocolate. Old oranges, wet grass, sown land, freshly baked brownies, caramel, fancy vanilla, chocolate milk formula, almonds..... Crazy good. Crazy stuff. After first sip, it gave me chocolate fudge, perfumed peat and wet clothes. On the Palate, it is a little plain: vanilla, grassy, wasabi rises after 3 seconds. Second sip gave me peated water. Very dry. Aftertaste is good. Rewarding. Smokey, peppery. Bonfire wood. Salty, pleasant smokiness. Overall this is a very easy drinkable whisky, very well balanced and beautifully crafted. I would  say this is a great offering in Jura, that you can give to an unexperienced drinker to show how diverse a whisky "pallette" can be, without throwing off-putting flavors to the person enjoying it. My score for it is 88 over 100, most points come from the nose.

Lovely 7th anniversary gift from my wife. Light and fruity. Was expecting some smoke but there really wasn't any there at all. Enjoyed it quite a bit.