@CKarmios Yep, we should be expecting sherry to go for even more of a premium, unfortunately :(

@ContemplativeFox Well exactly. European oak sherry cask quality has long suffered, compared to the old days when whisky and sherry demand were more at a par, and sherry casks were more readily available. Nowadays, not everyone can manage their casks like Macallan can for example, because not everyone has Macallan’s deep pockets.

@CKarmios ugh, this is going to be especially bad for mizunara oak. Fortunately, I there will be enough american oak too keep up with demand for bourbon barrels, but beyond that I'm not sure what the outcome will be. More aging in red wine barrels?

@Anthology Yeah, if they keep the same age statements (e.g. like Highland Park did), that is my default assumption as well. When they start switching age statements, I start to wonder whether even the unchanged ones might have been modified to fill gaps or differentiate then from other entries (e.g. a 10 might get lighter after a 12 is introduced). Total speculation on my part though lol

I remember Ralfy talking about how cask quality degrades by default because of the sheer demand for whisky, and how there simply isn’t enough quality wood out there to go round. Bigger distilleries have had to go into forestry management, but what about the smaller ones? I’m guessing those were/are the first ones to suffer and perhaps we’re now seeing that effect, post whisky boom in the ‘00s.

@ContemplativeFox Looking forward to your review. Also I take distillery “overhauls” as mostly a redo of the art work / bottle design. Not sure how much actually goes into improving the juice. So far, I haven’t tried an overahaul (e.g. OP) that turned out better juice. @CKarmios @1901 , & others, anyone care to suggest otherwise?

@Anthology I think in have the same sample box. I don't expect much from it, but I'm looking forward to experiencing the infamous Jura.

@1901 I had no idea they'd overhauled their range. Seems like a lot of distilleries have done this in the past few years.

@1901 Well, if they aligned their core with the new 10, good luck to them

Jura overhauled their range and i believe the Origin and Superstition are no longer available. I was told by a rep they did so because the profiles of the whiskies in the old range were diverse - so liking one Jura might not mean you like another and could lead to an uneven opinion of the “brand”. Don’t know if they fixed that with the new stuff because as @CKarmios says the new 10 isn’t much better.

@CKarmios Haven’t tried it but thanks for the heads-up!

It’s replacement, Jura 10, is not a great improvement on Origin either