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Isle jura superstition1/22/2024 ![]() Storage away from direct light in a cool and dry place International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2005 - Bronze International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2013 - Silver International Spirits Challenge (ISC) 2014 - Silver International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2014 - Silver Palate: Spice, honey, pine and peat aromas make a dramatic impact, the long years in oak casks have tempered and tamed this mystic spirit creating a long, lingering and tantalising aftertaste. Rich, sensual nuances of honey and marzipan. ![]() Nose: Firm and positive, yet forcibly mellow. Visit the island, meet the people, explore the past.Ĭolour: Deep intense mahogany with glittering sun rays Drawing on our finest older malts and spring-peated younger whiskies, Jura Superstition is a tribute to the people, the traditions and the mystical heritage that make Jura island life unique. From the prophecy of the one-eyed Campbell to an aversion to cutting peat before May, age-old island beliefs resonate to this day. The new distillery was opened on April 26th 1963 and employed a quarter of the male workforce. I therefore designed the stills to give spirit of a Highland character, and we ordered malt which was only lightly peated.” “It was our intention to produce a Highland-type malt differing from the typically peaty stuff last produced in 1900. I also had to play mother to the large number of incomers on an island without any policemen - some Saturday nights became quite interesting!”Įverything had to be designed in such a way that the new Jura malt could be produced. You could not afford to complicate things in so remote a location. ![]() Everything had to be simple and fall to hand. ![]() He said of his plans “My primary aim was to construct an economic distillery within the space available. They raised financial backing eventually, mostly from Scottish and Newcastle Breweries, to build the distillery.ĭelme’-Evans designed and built the new distillery on the site of the old ruined one. They were joined by farmer, distiller and architect Delme’ Evans. They thought about reopening the distillery to see if new people could be attracted to the island. In the 1950’s Robin Fletcher owner of Ardlussa Estate and Riley-Smith owner of Jura House and Ardfin Estate got together to see how they could solve a foreseeable jobs crisis on the island. It seemed as if whisky making on Jura had come to a permanent end. The roofs were later removed to avoid paying rates and the distillery became a ruin. In the early 1900’s the Fergusons seem to have been in dispute with the then Laird Colin Campbell and decided to quit the Jura distillery, dismantling and selling the machinery, which they had installed. It was leased to James Ferguson in 1875 and rebuilt in 1884 when it was producing 65,000 gallons per year. The distillery was let out to many people over the years. The whisky produced then was a characteristic peaty malt whisky – not at all like the present day product. Laird Archibald Campbell built the distillery in the early 1800’s near a cave where illegal distilling had been carried on possibly from the 1600’s. This continued into the 1990s when Whyte & Mackay became its owners, although they did eventually introduce some peated malt to their distilling, launching the Jura Superstition in 2003.More information Isle of Jura Superstition 1 Liter (Jura) Whisky The rebuilding of the distillery was backed by blenders Charles Mackinlay & Co, so like Bruichladdich, despite the island being covered in peat, it produced an un-peated spirit to meet the needs of their blends. ![]() However, the historic site was re-opened in the 1960s, in part to provide jobs to what was a declining population at the time. The Isle of Jura is one of the most isolated in the Hebridean archipelago, and by all logical accounts an unusual place to build a distillery. Superstition is a unique whisky created from the marriage of traditional Islay style peated barley and a selection of aged malts. A union of two Jura malt whisky styles: one bold, strong and peated, the other warm and delicate. Superstition is matured in a selection of the finest old bourbon barrels to unfold the spicy aromas and subtle smoky note. From the jewel of the Scottish Islands - Isle of Jura, where the islanders were previously extremely superstitious. ![]()
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