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Whisky Sponge Edition 96 and 97 were released together to celebrate two favourite whisky islands (See Whisky Sponge Edition 96 for the other half of this pair). This 1994 vintage Jura was bottled at 46% after 30 years in a Refill Hogshead cask. 88.94pts Whiskybase & 91pts Whisky Fun
Producer Description:
The Jura is a 1994 refill hogshead and it is classic, long-aged refill matured Jura, very complex, elegant, waxy, oily, mineral, herbal and coastal. Evocative and beautifully detailed old Island single malt.
700 mlProducer Tasting Notes:
Nose: beautifully aromatic and well-structured, like nosing a bond-dry, well-aged Loire chenin blanc. Waxy, mineral, oily like an old tool box, also full of soft coastal elements, sandalwood, gorse flower and dried herbs with a delicate medicinal note.
Palate: rich, mouth-filling and captured at a perfect natural cask strength. Again very focused on these mineral and drying waxy qualities. With grassy olive oil, eucalyptus, white pepper, soft camphor notes and slightly resinous wood extracts.
Finish: long, mentholated, waxy and also still slightly peppery with lingering coastal freshness.
91pts Whisky Fun
"The Sponge already had a superb 1991+1994 back in 2021 (WF 91), so expectations are rather high for this one. Colour: white wine. Nose: a greasier take, more in line with a fine white wine, with notes of rhubarb, white flowers, metal polish, basalt, paraffin, and grapefruit. In short, it’s an awesomely classic Jura nose, leaning slightly towards the old-school style. Mouth: peppery, earthy, with coal dust, paraffin, that childhood memory of eating modelling clay, a touch of plaster, honeycomb, grapefruit, and a hint of banana. Everything’s just spot on. Finish: very long, with a fantastic bitterness, orange peel, green pepper, tobacco, and aged mead… Comments: I feel like these incredible old Juras fly a bit under the radar, yet they’re absolutely magnificent, offering a deep and complex aromatic experience. I see from some old notes that I’ve compared them to St. Magdalene before. Yes, that’s exactly it (self-congratulation, there’s nothing worse, S.) SGP:462 - 91 points."
$584.99
Whisky Sponge Edition 96 and 97 were released together to celebrate two favourite whisky islands (See Whisky Sponge Edition 97 for the other half of this pair). This 2005 vintage Bruichladdich was bottled after 19 years in a First Fill ex-Bourbon Barrel at 55.8%. 88.56pts Whiskybase & 88pts Whisky Fun.
Producer Description:
The Bruichladdich is a 2005 1st fill barrel, it’s a wonderfully rich, creamy and powerfully maritime example. Waxy, peppery, robust, full-bodied and hugely characterful with loads of distillery and Island character.
$959.99
The second from final release in the Whisky Sponge range is a multi-vintage Glen Moray, marrying a 1990 refill hogshead with a 1992 2nd fill sherry hogshead, bottled at 32 years and a cask strength of 51.8%. 89.83pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This is Whisky Sponge Edition No.99: the Penultimate Sponge! Like Edition No.1, it’s a sexy old Glen Moray. However, for this one, we did some well-honed Decadent Drinks cask mixology and muddled together a refill hogshead of 1990 Glen Moray with a 2nd fill sherry hogshead of 1991 Glen Moray. We left that brew to stew inside the sherry hoggie for several months, then bottled the mix at natural cask strength. It’s fruity, opulent, decadent and tastes like the set furniture from 2001 Space Odyssey draped with all the cardigans in rural Englandshire. Please enjoy this whisky while trawling this website and reading every single rear label on every single bottling we ever did. The first person to spot the cheekily concealed secret to quantum fusion technology contained within will win a t-shirt and a bespoke insult from the Sponge."
$229.99
This is Whisky Sponge Edition No.100. It’s a 2016 and 2017, 7 year old Ardnamurchan small batch made with both peated and unpeated malt, and a fair bit of sherry... 57.1%. This is the final Whisky Sponge release, No.100!
Producer Description
"It’s a potion that Angus cooked up in collaboration with the good folk at Ardnamurchan Distillery. It’s a mix of 1st fill and 2nd fill, peated and unpeated sherry octaves. We mixed them all together and married them in a refill sherry butt for over six months until the whole potion turned 7 years old, then we bottled it with slight reduction at 57.1%. For those of you that deify transparency, here’s the recipe...
"We wanted to celebrate and mark the final edition of Whisky Sponge with a whisky that was excellent quality, one that was collaborative and that we’d had a role in creating and making unique to us, and that was modern in the best sense and looked to the future. We feel we have succeeded in this – we hope you agree. Now, please buy a bottle of this whisky, place it into your rucksack, put on a sturdy pair of brogues and walk to the far West Highlands of Scotland, whereupon you will spend the rest of your days communing with nature and enjoying erotic woodland rituals with whoever will agree to participate. Good luck and farewell!
"Whisky Sponge. Xxx"
$229.99
This 1998 vintage Jura from First Editions has been bottled at 56.4% after maturing 22 years in a Refill Ex-Bourbon Barrel.
