Name: Jura Seven Wood
Color: Light brown
Nose: White floral, green grass, spice
Taste: Vanilla, barley, clean/fresh flowers, oak
Review:
Christmas is coming!! Do you have your gifts and bottles ready?!
Jura Seven Wood was the Pot Still whisky of choice a few weeks back when I was in Glasgow, Scotland for my cousins wedding. Nothing puts a smile on my face than going to The Pot Still in Glasgow and sampling whisky!
If you have never heard of Jura it hails from the Island of Jura in the Inner Hebrides off the West Coast of Scotland.
The name “Seven Wood” gives you a hint of what is going on with this whisky. The scotch is finished in seven different types oak wood barrels. All the barrels are first fill ex-bourbon which are the following; American Oak, Vosges, Bertranges, Jupilles, Allier, Troncais, and Limousin barrels. Jura Seven Wood is bottled at 42% abv with a medium body profile.
If you have not sampled Jura before I recommend you start with Jura 10. A few years ago I saw a “Jura Brooklyn” but I did not try it due to its high price (approx. $75). It looked very gimmicky and marketing to me in the windows of liquor stores in NYC.
Price around $80 and it has nice balance of flavors but is not very complex. It tastes like regular Jura with a special release styled finish for a little extra marketing.
If you like it, drink it! – Christopher!
If you like it, drink it!
