Isle of Jura 1976 26 Year Douglas Laing Old & Rare

This bottle had both the series-like nuances and the Jura characteristics. Isle of Jura ISLE OF JURA 1976-2002 26yo DOUGLAS LAING OLD&RARE 54.2% One of 175 bottles The aroma is calm, with tropical fruits like pineapple, oil and grainy notes, faint clay, and a gradual peatiness from the back. When drinking, it has a chewy texture with matured pineapple, clay, and umami-like amino acid richness from the thick barley sensation. It also has a slightly honey-like sweetness and a solid peaty finish. [Good/Very Good] This is the green bottle Isle of Jura 1976, aged for 26 years from Douglas Laing's Old & Rare collection. Old Jura bottles often have a vibrant tropical feel, as seen in the 8-year-old pear-shaped bottle. However, this bottle also exhibits pineapple-like tropical notes in both aroma and flavor. Nevertheless, it also has a noticeable clay-like quality similar to the official 10-year-old bottle of the same type, giving it a heavier impression rather than just vibrant. It seems that from the late 1960s to the end of the 1970s, vintage Jura gradually shifted from vibrant tropical notes to a more rustic heaviness, eventually losing the tropical character entirely. In that sense, this 1976 bottle's characteristics might be considered appropriate. Additionally, the peatiness felt was quite strong, which is an impressionable aspect. The calm and heavy aroma type is a common characteristic of Douglas Laing's Old & Rare bottles. Depending on the perspective, this bottle might feel like a combination of Jura's vintage characteristics and Old & Rare's features. This bottle was received as a gift for the 8th anniversary of Walku Hall in Takada, Koen. #Isle of Jura (ISLE OF JURA)