Whiskey_Hound
Jura Superstition
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed
April 23, 2022 (edited April 28, 2022)
I loved the Prophecy, so I’m looking forward to the follow-up. The pair was discontinued together, so I consider this a rare opportunity. This is the lightly peated variant. Let’s get into it.
Nose: Earthy, vegetal peat. If I remember correctly, the Prophecy was coastal peat. Smoke and iodine. Some caramel and toffee. Honey and vanilla. Faint sun-dried tomato. It’s a fairly reserved nose, but I like what I get. Ash notes as well as mint and dark chocolate assert themselves with time. Brine and sea salt begin to match the vegetal peat. Very good.
Palate: Earthy, rubbery peat. A bit of sea salt and seaweed. Caramel, toffee, and dark chocolate. Big-time orange/tangerine citrus. A heavy dose of cinnamon and black pepper spice.
Finish: Medium-long. Orange citrus and cocoa. Cinnamon, black pepper, and other baking spices.
I definitely prefer the heavily peated rendition to the light peated. I loved the Prophecy, I liked this Superstition. I think this one would be comparable if the palate had delivered what the nose promised.
Regardless, it’s a solid whisky. Glad to have gotten my hands on this bottle long after it was discontinued. Well worth the $64 I paid to get it long after it was discontinued. 3.75/5.
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@Scott_E @cascode yeah…unfortunately.
@PBMichiganWolverine @cascode but I am sure priced out of the ordinary.
@cascode @Scott_E ironically, the older age and IB bottlings seem to be really good.
@Whiskey_Hound For some reason Jura has always been an inconsistent whisky. Maybe poor cask availability, maybe spirit production control issues, who knows. Superstition and Prophecy both worked but some other expressions from that time did not. It’s not a malt I like enough to forgive and overlook inferior releases.
@Whiskey_Hound mostly the same reasons. I have had the 10 year which was ordinary and possibly one other. But mostly other reviews, which generally are just ordinary. Which then leads to reasoning that if I am spend my shekels, why should I buy something ordinary while I could possibly buy something a bit more interesting?
@1901 I prefer the Prophecy of the two, but it seems like they’re both head and shoulders above the current stuff. @Scott_E I base my comment to 1901 mostly on other people’s reviews. What’s been the issue with the current range?
I bought this years ago. I still have a little left. May need to finish it soon. I remember buying it for the reasons: the price was reasonable, it had fairly good reviews and I was rooting for Jura (still am, but they just seem to continue to not make the grade)
This is my favourite of the few Jura i have tried over the years. I haven’t thad Prophecy though.