2/27/2023 0 Comments Isle of jura prophecy![]() ![]() This clan ruled the Isle of Jura at the start of the 18th Century. The Prophecy is inspired by the (true?) story of an old and wise fortune teller, who predicted the downfall of the Clan Campbell. If you sample Isle of Jura Prophecy with modest expectations, you can certainly enjoy it. This bottle seems to get more flavourful with air. Taken in a line-up of quality peated drams, Prophecy looks like a weak sister, but by itself it is nice enough and certainly has its good points. The toffee/caramel element is a relative detriment to the overall tasteįinish: fades a bit at first, then goes relatively long, ending on a balance of sweet and bitterīalance: this is a malt to which I was really looking forward. This is not bad flavour here, but, as with the nose, something just tastes artificial. Taste: the nose flavours are translated to the palate, with additional sweetness, and more pointedness to the peat flavours than in the nose. ![]() Taken on a clean palate this is a nice nose, but it still has markers which suggest artificial doctoring, eg via the addition of caramel, which is most definitely tastable I notice strongly that this malt noses much better when not in a long line of strong drinks. I smell toffee/caramel, malt, yes, a bit of cinnamon, and some background briney/medicinal "spray". Nose: "heavily peated" here translates to moderately peated, by next-island-down-Islay standards. The bottle label states, "Limited Annual Release Year I", which I believe was 2009 I do not know how long this bottle has been open. ![]() Many thanks to WhiskyJoe for giving me the last 1/3 of this reviewed bottle. Are those literal additives? I do not know, but I suppose that they must be. Isle of Jura Prophecy is described on its label as "heavily peated with fresh cinnamon and spicy sea spray". ![]()
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