![]() ![]() Prophecy is also bottled at 46% and not chill-filtered-which I think brings out more subtle nuances and texture in the whisky. I’m also picking up more spice (cinnamon, anise, dark chocolate) and some fruit (lime, mandarin orange, green apple), with a subtle yet intriguing suggestion of burnt popcorn. Compared to Superstition, Prophecy seems richer, heavier, sweeter, deeper, leafier, with more tarry notes. Like “Superstition,” this is a peated expression of Jura. Spices persist, along with mild lanolin and cigar box. Good length, ending dry, tannic and cigar box like. Off-dry with the peat taking on an ashy, kippery slant. Entry is light and slightly waxy then peppery. Sweet and smokey aromatics (bacon fat / smoked trout) have an industrial edge too a foundation of clean sweet cereals beneath it all. This 'profoundly peated' dram was made to replicate the style at the time of Charles Campbell and was matured in a mixture of cask types before being finished in oloroso sherry casks. ![]() The prophecy was fulfilled and over time the story became legend. He was the last Campbell to leave the Island and the last laird of Jura. Blind in one eye from the Great war and having fallen on bad times, his goods were carried in a cart drawn by a single white horse. In 1938 Charles Campbell left the island. A limited release of around 10,000 bottles with new batches expected every year, the legend of the Jura prophecy dates from the early 1700's when it was said that the illustrious Campbell family had evicted a wise old seer blessed with the sight of a third eye - the ability to see the future, she prophesised that when the last member of the family left Jura they would be one eyed and his belongings would be carried in a cart drawn by a white horse. ![]()
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