![]() I hope this new scoring makes it easier for you to understand what I thought about the whisky I'm reviewing. The sum of these numbers will be divided by 3 to get the final score. The name for this release is inspired by the. I will still give a rating for Nose, Taste and Finish but now on the scale from 1-10 whereby 1 represents the worst and 10 the best. Beautiful and complex, this sweet and smoky expression is aged in a combination of ex bourbon and ex sherry casks. As a result I have decided to use a new rating system as of today. This might lead to the discrepancy I mentioned before. Ever since the beginning I try to remain consequent in my rating, always comparing the outcome to the rating of comparable whiskies in terms of quality and taste and adjusting the final rating if necessary. ![]() ![]() Looking back I realize that during the early years I probably scored the good Whiskies too low and the not so good Whiskies too high. When I started this Whisky Blog back in 2011, I was not at all experienced in tasting and scoring Single Malts & Blends. Only 1,800 cases were released worldwide. Prophecy was bottled without chill filtration. Slightly tarry and even some medicinal notes. There’s smoke (burnt leaves) but it’s not as profoundly peated as I would have expected. A few of my loyal readers have pointed out that every once in a while my final Rating note did not seem to be totally in line with the written text. Isle of Jura is not generally a heavily peated malt but Prophecy is (40 parts per million) and although does not carry an age statement has an average age of 20 years in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks. 2006 Isle of Jura Distillery Prophecy Heavily Peated Single Malt Scotch Whisky Isle of Jura, Scotland All 2011 NV Prices Profile Reviews Vintages Analytics Shop Location Currency & Price Inc. Isle of Jura Prophecy (46, OB 2009) Nose: good integration of the sherry and the peat.
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