48,2°
Distillery : Isle of Jura - Islands
Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By Mossburn Distillers & Blenders
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2021
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
Mossburn is a trading company founded in 2017, and it appears that this Jura is their highest rated expression on Whiskybase. Great opportunity to discover their portfolio, starting with the best. Aged in a Hogshead for 28 years, this batch yielded 220 bottles.
Let's Taste It :
Airy bourbon, whipped up by the sea breeze, and at the same time beautifully indulgent, warm bread fresh from the oven, moist yoghurt cake, a hint of vanilla larded with salt. Shortbread biscuits, with a medicinal touch, ointment, aniseed sweets. On the palate, melted butter, toasted cereals, pastry cream, a slightly costal character, with hints of almonds. The spices are very discreet, but there is a pinch of clove nonetheless. The finish is long, elegant, controlled, woody, clovey, with a touch of the open sea, streaks of salt, warm chestnuts and peppermint.
In Short,
It's indeed a great success, one of the very best Jura I've ever drunk, if not the best. However, I felt that it lacked a little je ne sais quoi to make it great, a little power perhaps. In any case, if you can afford it, I'd advise you to go for it and buy one of the last bottles still lying around on the shelves of some wine shops. The price is proportionate to the age, quality and rarity of the product, that means rather high, but still acceptable.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Ram Dass & Awaré - The Water Poem
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