Maltbarn Isle of Jura 10YO Bourbon cask 55.6%
Isle of Jura 10YO Bourbon cask 55.6%
Distilled: 2014
Bottled 2024
(1 of 263 bottles)
'From Maltbarn's latest series, with their always delightful contemporary neo-retro-futurist labels (what?). Colour: straw. Nose: the distillate shines through, with its fermentary character, alongside chalk, mustard, green apple, soot, paraffin, and leather… nothing to complain about! With water: similar, but now with more basalt and a distinct limestone quality, like wet limestone after a rain shower. Mouth (neat): very lively, bursting with lemon, almost like concentrated lemon juice mixed with a splash of seawater and clay. With water: pretty much the same, excellent, with that marvellous saline quality that once again reminds us of a cracking manzanilla. All we need now is a mountain of langostinos con ajo. Finish: long and seriously salty, with just a hint of garlic in the aftertaste. Comments: how lovely is this at only ten years!'
88 points, Whiskyfun - Serge
