Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. Inbox features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Here is this week’s whisky news…
Jura
The island distillery of Jura has announced a new series of single malts designed to excite whisky connoisseurs and explorers alike, and the first whisky in that series. The Jura Perspective No.1 is the inaugural bottling in the Perspectives series. Each expression in the range will be limited edition bottled at 46.5% ABV and be of natural colour and non-chill filtered. Each bottle also carries a unique geometric gold and black design, meaning that no two bottles are the same.
The Jura Perspective No.1 is released at 16 years old and has seen initial maturation in ex-bourbon barrels, before a finishing period in ex-Oloroso sherry casks. It has been created to show off the fruity style of spirit that comes from Jura’s tall stills. The new whisky will be available in selected retailers in France and the UK, as well as other selected European markets. A bottle will cost £70/ €80.
Bowmore
The Islay distillery of Bowmore, the oldest on the famous Hebridean whisky island, have unvieled two new ranges – the Bowmore Sherry Oak Collection and Bowmore Appellations. Both ranges are the first to feature a newly redesigned bottle, label and packaging – this has been created to ‘elevate and premiumise the brand’ and ‘reflect Bowmore’s desirability and collectability in the Scotch single malt market’. This uses black as the feature colour, paying homage to the legendary Bowmore Black bottling, and will be rolled out across the core domestic and travel retail ranges in 2025.
The Bowmore Sherry Oak Collection (pictured, above) features four whiskies. All are bottled at 43% ABV and have been solely matured in European oak ex-sherry casks. The 12 years old will cost £59/ US$75 and the 15 years old, which has been matured in first-fill ex-Oloroso sherry casks will cost £115/ US$150. The 18- and 21-year olds both feature ex-Oloroso and ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry casks and will retail for £198/ US$260 and £405/ US$535 respectively. They will be available in specialist and luxury retailers in selected cities from September – these include London, Munich, Paris and Toronto.
The Bowmore Appellations (pictured, above) is a travel retail exclusive range that highlights casks from some of the world’s best wine regions. The 14 years old is matured in ex-bourbon barrels before a finishing period in ex-Bordeaux red wine barriques. It will cost £50/ US$67. The 16 years old has matured in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks before finishing in ex-Port casks from the Douro Valley. It will cost £82/ US$108.
The 19 years old has matured in ex-bourbon barrels before finishing in ex-Pinot Noir casks from Burgundy. It will cost £150/US$200. The 22 years old has matured in ex-bourbon casks before finishing in ex-Sauternes dessert wine casks from France. It will cost £380/ US$500. All will be available in key airports including London Heathrow and Singapore Changi from September. No indications of alcohol strength have been revealed.
