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24th October 2019 |
Review of the
Jura 21 Year Old Time travel retail
exclusive whisky with a light peat smoke edge.
 Jura
21 Year Old Time is one of a pair of 21
year old whiskies which was added to the
re-launched Jura whisky range earlier
this year.
The Jura 21 Year Old Time was launched
back in May this year exclusively in
Travel Retail, its close sibling the
Jura 21 Year Old Tide launched at the
same time in the domestic market but it
is the travel exclusive Jura 21 Time
which I am focusing on here.
Jura Time is matured for 21 years in
American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels, a
good choice of maturation partner for
the light, citrus and grassy new make
spirit which they distil at Jura. It is
then enhanced with a smoky finish in
ex-peated malt casks. The result, Jura
says, is
a seductive sweetness with a salted peat
smoke edge.
Aimed at offering travellers a more
prestige and limited expression of the
Island malt, Jura 21 Year Old Time is
produced in small batches, it is bottled
at the flavoursome strength of 47.2% ABV
and the box for each whisky carries the
year of bottling to denote the subtle
variations in the batches as they are
assembled each year, although oddly the
bottle itself doesn't carry the year.
The Jura 21 Year Old Time is presented
in a quality, superior presentation box
featuring metallised inserts and a
unique sandblasted frosted glass looking
bottle, which is said to mimic the
effect that the sea has on glass.
Jura 21 Year Old Time has a RRP of £150
and is exclusive to global travel retail
so you will need to dust your passport
off if you want to get hold of a bottle,
meanwhile if you want to try its sibling
the Jura 21 Year Old Tide you will find it
available along with the rest of the
current Jura whisky range from specialist online whisky
retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange and
Master of Malt
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Jura 21 Year Old Time Review
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Bottled at 47.2% ABV.
William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose: A honey and vanilla mix
infused with gentle peat smoke and a
lemon and pear edge.
Taste: Sweet honeyed, mouth
coating, gentle peat smoke infused malt
leads the charge, some distant almond,
a little grassiness, mixed fruit in syrup and just a touch of
caramel like maple syrup with a mocha
coffee tinge.
Finish:
Peat with with a lemon and pear fruity
edge and some lovely sweet caramel hang
in to the end.
Comment:
I have to say I have got hooked by the
the Jura Time after dramming it over the
last three nights, it has grown on me
and also confirmed to me once again that
Jura is one of those whiskies that
simply gets better with age. Its not a
cheap pour at £150 a pop but it is a
good one and not out of sink with the
prices of other original distillery
bottlings of this age and most
importantly it is a quality, enjoyable
dram.
It is hard to believe that its
deliciously light peat smoke edge comes
from just finishing in ex-peated malt
casks alone, surely there is some peated
spirit in the mix also, if not I have to
say this is the best example of a peat
smoke influence on a whisky I have come
across which has come from the cask
alone. Jura and peat for me has always
made the best bedfellows and I have to
say that this is a perfect balanced mix
of gentle peat smoke and Jura's delicate
light, citrus and grassy notes. If your
pockets are deep enough, and you want to
treat yourself, this is one to look out
for on your travels.
SMW Score
90/100
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