A mate said this was a peated version of the Origin (well…my words, his sentiments). Some feinty new make notes still detectable, but that’s just the whisky showing its scrappiness, and shouldn’t much detract. It’s most definitely a phenolic heavyweight, but not only the next logical step in the range, but also a damn fine dram in it’s own right. If you dig this whisky, I would suggest taking the leap of faith and grabbing a bottle of Jura’s ‘profoundly peated’ Prophecy (their marketing, not my adjective prowess). Let’s see some of that primeval might bottled in these releases, with which the distillery likes to play to some of the island’s lore. Jura is still a wild, rugged and untamed island. Just seems a tad weak-ish when it comes to delivery. I’ve said it before, and will do so here again….these sort of entry level positioned Jura releases would benefit from bottling at a slightly higher abv. I had assumed it was just a lid-level peating of the everyday Jura malt. If so, it certainly integrates the two styles well. Superstition is apparently a vatting of fiery young peated malt and some slightly older (though I’d be surprised if older than 12 or so) standard Jura.
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The packaging says ‘lightly peated’, but I can’t help but wonder…is that simply based on acknowledging some of the ridiculous acrobatics of a few of the Islay heavyweights in recent years? Not sure, but I believe this whisky has a legitimate claim to step up and declare itself a wee bit beefier than it’s letting on. This is sort of the ‘moderately peated’ Jura in the range.