The iconic Jura bottle is presented in a beautiful display case that opens its doors to showcase the bottle and reveal the story of the whisky.
Known as ‘The Bay of the Protecting Rocks’ this imposing 12 foot obelisk is reputedly all that remains of a stone circle laid some 3,000 years ago by the earliest Diurachs to appease the spirits. The new expression is called Called the Standing Stone, or ‘Camas an Staca’ in Gaelic, the new expression takes its name from the largest of Jura’s eight standing stones. I guess I do owe you a bit of Information on the new expression, so here is a bit more official stuff, which can now be made public: A real magical moment I will be remembering for years to come. There you have it, the essence of the Isle of jura. Taking my camera out, and enjoying the wonderful scenery and this exquisite dram I shot this photo I am rather fond of : waves of orange zest, coconut, and some raisins. The nose was blooming with Tangerines, spice, chocolate, wood and some sea salt. This was indeed the “new” 30 year old Jura to be released a few months later (and next month!), straight from the cask. The bottle itself, did not very special, but when he poured the contents and began talking about it, and we began sniffing and tasting the liquid, we knew it was not your ordinary Jura. We did use those bulky tumbler glasses with the lovely Jura logo, which are not ideal for sniffing, but were great for the outdoors (you do not want that golden liquid to get spilled on the sand just like that, do you?). The standing stone called ‘Camas an Staca’ was a bit too damp for us to sit, so we found a rather dry piece of sand on the beach and settled there for lunch.Īt some point Willie brought over a bottle of whisky, and suggested we all have a wee sniff and taste of it. now, Willie was talking about some special sample he’s got stashed in his pocket, something we are going to taste, and we were very keen on trying that one! As you can remember that day was a glorious day, sunny and hot in Jura terms but, the few days before were rather wet, so we were deliberating where to settle for this wee picnic, and drams. We hopped on the mini bus ready and eager to eat something and see the beauties of the island. We want over to the Jura lodge where the lovely house keeper was preparing our picnic basket with all kinds of home made goodies that looked and smelled amazing. If you remember the first part of my Jura adventure ended with us finishing the distillery tour, and off to a little trip to see the island. As these things go, sometime you plan, and things are slower than you foresee them, and one must not hasten things when it comes to whisky of that caliber which needs to be ready to be launched.
The original reason why I was visiting the island of Jura last march was, to of course get to know the distillery, but also to taste a new and exciting expression on the island, which was then a few months away from release.
In case you have not heard about it, don’t be alarmed, as this is the first place you are probably going to hear about that, but certainly not the last. I am lazy, but not that lazy… The reason I was waiting that long is that I wanted this write-up to accompany my post about the new and exciting isle of Jura bottling that is due very very soon. You are probably wondering why it took me that long two write this 2nd part of my Isle of Jura trip experiences. But first things first, (if you are very curious, just scroll down a bit ok?) and not just any whisky, but a 30 year old very special whisky it is. So, I’m pretty excited about this post, and it’s going to be the first time this new whisky from Jura is revealed to the public (you, dear readers).
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