A single malt made up of different ages, 13 percent of which is said to be heavily peated... It turns out Stevie was wrong, Superstition is the way!
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Initial gristy cereal gives way to evocative smoke and heady malt. It’s quite sweet and creamy, and reminds us of Chantilly cream.
Sweet and porridge-like. A cereal fest on the tongue, with hints of white pepper and black forest honey with hot buttered toast. Light and oily.
Medium length with cocoa and rice paper with hints of honey and spice on the tail.
Have been an occasional single malt and cigar guy for some time, but find myself daydreaming about my next taste of Superstition the day following my last dram. For me this is my first cravingly addictive scotch.
The smell is quite nonchalant. The first sip was full of flavour, but it quickly loses all personality after a couple of sips. This is a nice drinking whisky if your looking to get drunk. The taste of sea is lovely.
When this is first poured, the nose is tequilaesque, light and fresh but there is a hint of iodine in there nodding to its Isle nature. As it opens (a piece of ice or a small splash of water is my recommendation) there is sheep's pelts, buttered popcorn and caramel. The taste carries all the classic Isle flavours, sweet, smoked, peaty. There's spices in there, pepper and cloves. The tang of iron and sea air is on the finish. Over all a pleasing and complex whiskey, 6/10
...Er...I didn't want to like this, but it is spectacularly understated-ly magnificent. It truly is a magnificent concept. It isn't your typical jura whisky, or any whisky for that fact...it starts with a peaty hit, not islay strength peat, but a noticeable peat presence. Then the peat almost fades to a liquorishy/aniseed not behind the depth of cereal rich malt which has a sugar coating of a rich sherry exterior. After a few moments you hardly recognise the peat as peat, it is so well blended. That melts a way like the coating on the outside of a "smartie" sweet, revealing velvety smooth rich smooth centre...this is like a chocolate truffle sweet - It isnt the same the whole way through, it changes. Harder exterior, soft centre. The velvety smooth nature of this malt gives a wonderful mouth feel. I had this after a meal, finishing with a desert of lemon torte and the sweet butter rich notes, anchored with the background peat, was the perfect accompaniment. I'm not a Jura fan, this was a gift to me, but I will definitely be getting another...
took me a while but this has Marmite flavours enjoyable but very different
