Anthology
Jura Diurachs' Own 16 Year
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed
September 18, 2020 (edited September 30, 2020)
Side-by-side tasting review of a three sample pack - Jura 10 Origin, Jura Superstition and Jura 16Yr (Diurachs). Haven’t heard glowing reviews for this distillery but I got the three-pack sample for a measly $5 so I figured, why not. Here we go!
Sample two of three
Nose : Tropical fruit roll-ups, chewy toffee, roasted vanilla bean. Can barely pick up the sherry.
Palate - Sherry rancio melding with vanilla, meshing with oak spice. Relatively balanced. A splash of filtered water and some time in the glass (about 25 minutes) brings out some sweeter sherry fruit notes. Not sure how but I also now get the tiniest hint of smoke. The agua really opens this up to richer, fuller fruity notes. Medium finish.
Overall a decent dram. Side-by-side score = 1 of 3.
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Wow, that's a tight spread for these 3. I was hoping for much better from the 16.
Ah on the Jura disappointment train I see. Little good comes out of that distillery!