Isle of Jura Seven Wood

Caramel, wood, no smoke, malty, dark fruits

dry, much wood

Smell: a lot of stinky leftovers, stinky socks were forcibly stuffed into the nose, and the alcohol sensation of being hit ruthlessly even if you are careful. After the dirty and scruffy excited puppy calms down, Inferior tea bags, sour malt, stinky shoes that haven’t dried out, the smell of new wine, some raisins and vanilla pods can be caught in the tail. If you want to play with it, you may need to be patient to deal with all kinds of puppies Trouble. Drinking: The wine is of low body quality, refreshing, with uncomfortable tannins and tingling sensation, and there are many question marks on the taste buds? ? ? ? ? ? ? Feeling: Just like sadness and sadness, it's just a kind of emotion. There are so many flavor camps. Of course, there are some teams that most people hate. Jura Seven Wood has a very good performance in this array. He I almost knocked me out without a punch on the show, my head buzzed.

The Jura Seven Wood is a comfortable and fine little dram for a decent price. But not too much complexity should be expected from this one. The Jura Seven Wood has an Amber Gold colour and has a wide range of notes, thus making it interesting and enjoyable to distinguish the different notes. On another note, the heavy blending doesn't give the Jura Seven Wood a character of its own. Adding a few drop of water opens up more hints of decaying green matter and iodine. No additional notes for Taste and Finish on this one.

Seven Wood pays homage to the master distiller from the Jura distillery. After the aging in bourbon barrels, there was another finish in 6 different French oak barrels: Allier, Limousin, Trancais, Les Bertranges, Vosges and Jupilles.

Quite thin and weak - not really enjoyable - I didn't know that Jura has this kind of profile

Average average whisky. I do not feel the depth, complexity, versatility of the palette of shades from the work of seven barrels, and in general I do not understand the idea of this blend.

Vanilla, caramel, fruit, oak, spices, sweet and spicy, alcohol, unfortunately, noticeable, finish could be longer.

Color - rich yellow with a slight brown tint; Nose - quite woody, a hint of vanilla; Taste - sweet, fully ripe pineapple, vanilla, the peat can perhaps be sensed at the very end; Finish - medium long and medium warm

August 24, 2022 76 / 100 Color: Dark gold, tinted with caramel. AROMA - 21 / 25 After the first two (Journey and 10yo), I'm a bit disappointed. While it's a full-bodied fragrance and shares good qualities with both, aside from its structure and added earthiness, it adds absolutely nothing to the palette. TASTE - 20 / 25 Sweet and very woody. After a while, it becomes very dry and slightly honeyed. It lacks the fruitiness of its predecessors and is more tannic. FINISH - 17 / 25 There are no nuances and it is a loose reference to aroma and taste. BALANCE - 18 / 25 There's nothing unexpected or uncanny here, as the variety of woods might have suggested. This is a whisky for a one-time experience.

S 6 An interesting one, not memorable enough. [78-82] Good buy when I've extra money to spend, most whisky stays within this band. N 25 Thick & oily. A touch floral. Chocolatey & malty, remind me of stouts. Toasted barley. P 26 Rich, fruity & spicy. Orchard fruits (apple). A touch of smoke. Well balanced. F 23 Mid finish.

bit flat bud pleasant, woody notes, caramel, vanilla, sweet, spicy, fruity

Blind Aroma Yellow fruit, mango, yeast, fresh taste Creamy, honey, wood, herbs, ginger spiciness finish Medium length, sweetish, herbs

A very generic profile, some dried fruits, sweet, some over used oak that dries. Nose - malty, dried fig, orange peel, salty Palate - medium bodied, creamy, medium honey sweetness, then goes dry with dried fruits, a bit of bitterness on the release, oak throughout Finish - dried fruits, black pepper, touch of sulphur, oak dries your mouth a bit

Okay dram but would get 10 instead

Did not like. It's hard to compare something, it's hard to spot some notes of flavor or taste. Sweet in the nose, sweet on the tongue. Lotion, vanilla, something like that ... Aftertaste some rosy, unpleasant, as if sucking the sole of an old boot. I do not know, maybe I did not understand something, but this drink does not deliver pleasure to me. The standard Jura 10 yo is much nicer, albeit almost twice as cheap.

Nice and affordable.

Cooked fruits, vanilla, orange, a hint of the Jura funkiness, very decent.

not good, quite water-y, cardboard-y, simple sweetness...

Blind tasted on 01-20-2023.

aroma: delicate, dark fruit, dried fruit, alcohol, vanilla taste: mild, bland to empty, dark fruit, vanilla The smell is more pronounced, but the taste is empty, it's hard to identify at all

Seven Wood? Sounds like a sex party at Snow White's house. What is going on with Jura? I hope this was just a one off experiment. Well done for trying, now move on. This was a sample courtesy of my Polish neighbour Mick.

4th in a Jura tasting line up. 7 wood….this bottle is being put in the market with a sh*gloss of marketing jibberjabber. But all rubbish added up, in my opinion if you need 7!! different casks to get a whisky to work, something seems to be very wrong somewhere.

19/19/18/19

It wets yer whistle - if I only had moments to live I wouldn't waste them trying to pour a dram of this out (the missus will be pleased).

The "Seven Wood" of the name refers to the initial maturation in ex-bourbon casks, followed by an unspecified period of maturation in six virgin oak casks from different regions of France. This is clearly a marketing gimmick designed to distract from the fact that this is a NAS whisky matured in virgin oak casks, which are presumably not "the finest" as the Jura website states. (amazing how every distillery gets their hands on the finest casks!) It's not bad by any means, but doesn't really add much to my life, and shouldn't add much to yours, especially at that price point.

sharp out of round, not tasty

Really not a nice whisky, being sold as a premium. The 7 barrel finish really adds nothing, it's nit sure what it wants to be..... Unusually for me after one glass this is now consigned to the whisky that I'll only drink with a mixer.....very thin, lacking complexity & coloured heavily

Very woody nose, sandalwood, blueberry, baked apples sprinkled with cinnamon, a touch of smoke. On the palate the influence of French wine barrels is felt, heather earth, dark chocolate, forest fragrances, humus, nuts. It's quite warm and complex. Bunches of grapes, wood bark, fig. Paprika, blood orange, saffron. Moderately long, vegetal and fruity finish, where we find some of the markers of the distillery, apricot, orange jam. Damp earth to finish. It's really not bad, relatively complex, not too young, original. https://ilikesky2020.blogspot.com/2020/11/isle-of-jura-seven-wood.html

Interesting combination because of the 7 woods. Needs some study to reveal the deeper elements of this Jura Seven Wood

"AN INGENIOUS APPROACH REVEALS A FRUITY & SPICY SINGLE MALT WHISKY MADE FOR SAVOURING The ability of Jura’s tiny island community to reimagine and reinvent has allowed our distillery to thrive. Such vision has brought to life this complex single malt - a fitting tribute to our Master Blender’s skill. Thanks to the forestry commission, sawmill and cooperage in France, we use the finest virgin French oak casks to enhance our whisky. Layers of complexity and flavour emerge from a maturation journey that begins in American White Oak ex bourbon casks before a portion of the whisky is split between six different virgin oak casks sourced from across various regions of France. The result is a fruity and spicy whisky with flavours of crème caramel, baked peach and sweet liquorice." N: Firstly getting an extremely pleasant toasted oak note followed by sweet vanilla, burnt sugar and ginger. Some light coffee and dark chocolate notes follow. Quite perfumed and I can find a hint of salty thang. (87) P: Apricot jam with spicy pepper and oak notes. Vanilla and lots of caramel appearing. Some oranges and chocolate. The salted banana note can be discovered here too as in a lot of other expression. It's very nice. (85) F: Medium finish. Mint with chocolate, apples and toasted oak. (85) Overall quite nice, the price is a bit steep tho. 87 / 85 / 85 = 85.667 --> 86 pts / 100

If it weren't for some strange perfumery, this would be an ordinary, boring, young Highland whisky. 21 19 20 20

Amber color. Light oily.

Weak and quite flat

A complex dram that does even more than the name suggests. Matured in a combination of seven different types of oak - first bourbon and then a finish in each of Vosges, Jupilles, Les Bertranges, Allier, Tronçais and Limousin casks. The result is spicy but peppered with chocolate and fruit, thanks to a wide range of flavors from the barrels.

Nothing too complex, but still and enjoyable dram for me. This was my holiday bottle, I wanted to sip on something easy going and it just did what I wanted it to do. It's all about the fresh citrus notes in the taste.

First bourbon and then a finish in each of Vosges, Jupilles, Les Bertranges, Allier, Tronçais, and Limousin casks. Heavy with French connection here isn't it? Different type of woods all over France from left, right and center. Heavily criticized by many for this, but does it matters? Trust that happened anyway and probably many other distilleries just simplified and called it French / European Oak without telling the species like this did. N- Bitter chocolate with waves of buttery raisin, creamy and black tea. Well underlying coastal with air dried fish, various sun baked shells, sands and beach notes. Honey and distant decay notes develops overtime. Prelude weighty aroma to stimulate the urge for a sip. (87/21) P- Silky with edgy sweet woods juice, mixture of various perfume-y essence. Sweet peach and vanilla. Semi dry, sour, spicy and spiky notes. Too bad the lurking coastal side suggested from the aroma shy away on palate. (86/20) F- Medium-long, oak-y with orange, pleasantly warm with dry mouth-coat. Stays weighty throughout and lasting with creamy hot Cafe mocha. (86/20) B/B- 87/21 Cr-2, Fr-1, Fl-0, Pt-1, Ft-1, Sp-0, Wd-3, Wn-2, Sc-2 Weighted Rate- 81pt — at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.

As an avowed friend of Jura whiskys, it was a big disappointment. Seven barrels promise a lot of complexity on the label, but in the end it is an overpriced, simple whisky without a big wow factor. The Jura 10 is cheaper and better there

2022-01-29

Very woody, a bit oily, hint of smoke and leather. The finish is not very long nor powerful.

there are too many barrels and therefore no one gets through properly and you get nothing "to grasp" that is nothing, is too thin

It would be even better with a few percent more alcohol.

Liked the 10 more. Wood and bitter sweet unbalanced notes.

I bough this upon the recommendation from the store owner. Aged mostly in first fill bourbon casks and a big part of that is finished in 6 different varieties of French oak casks (virgin and reused) which makes this whisky quite unique for a Scotch which are rarely matured on virgin oak, let alone French oak. The result is not as spectacular as you might expect but it is an interesting and unique tasting whisky nonetheless. I found out that this one receives a lot of online hate directed at the marketing of seven woods, the price and the complexity of the dram. I do not share that hate, but I do think that there are better whiskies in this price range becuase the production process using special casks is expensive. The nose and taste are both oaky, mellow and layered. Easy to drink, but not simple. There are no excessive tannins and also no big richness. There is a slight hint of peat smoke, that you can pickup particularly in direct comparison with unpeated whiskies. It reminds me a little bit of the Glennmorangie Quinta Roban 14, which is finished on port casks. The Jura is much more mellow and velvetty though. Same as Glennmorangie, Jura uses large, tall stills which supposedly gives the spirit a clean character. The Jura is NAS but there is no youthness in the taste at all, also the price point suggests it has undergone a proper amount of aging. Conclusion: good & interesting, but not particularly recommendable unless you're looking for something out of the ordinary.

Seven Wood would be may be better with seven single casks... Poor nose, one direction. Fortunately, in mouth, it's more complex, and fruity. Too short finish. Don't need to write about color, cause of caramel. Nice once, but not twice.

Jura Seven Wood, 42%. Rich aroma full of honey and old oak. Vanilla and crystal-like fruit essences. Cohesive considering the spirit comes through and there are seven cask types - although the dominant vibe is old refill casks. Delivers on its promises for me. Taste is rounded and soft, not a hard edge in sight, it drinks as easy as water, rounded oak. Not even 'vanilla oak' it's just 'oaky oak'. Softest delivery possible. Relaxed waves of oak and salt take their time to creep onto the palate and then they stick around for a good length of time. It's a NAS but it absolutely does not drink like it's young at all. An enjoyable whisky. I get the impression it's been thoughtfully put together. My recent experiences of Jura have really improved my perception of their whiskies. 3.55/85

On Jura’s website, there’s a quote from Gregg Glass saying this: For me, creating an expression such as Jura Seven Wood is like creating a special meal. It’s essential to understand how the combination of woods can create these compelling flavours. At the heart of Seven Wood, we are accentuating the DNA of Jura’s light character; the oak types should not dominate but enhance the natural qualities of Jura while imparting some of their flavour on our single malt. Balance is crucial. GREGG GLASS, JURA SEVEN WOOD WEBPAGE, HTTPS://JURAWHISKY.COM/EN/JURA-SEVEN-WOOD/ Unfortunately, I don’t agree with him: the oak, the seven ones even, do dominate the spirit, before everything is completely washed down by a way too strong dilution. It feels like drinking from the water puddle that forms next to a pile of oak logs after a big rain.