About
The sole distillery on the wild Isle of Jura, an island of 200 people and 5,000 red deer off Scotland's west coast. The original distillery dates to 1810, but the current facility was entirely rebuilt in 1963 by two local estate owners determined to bring employment back to the depopulating island. The exceptionally tall stills (8 meters -- among the tallest in Scotland) were designed by William Delme-Evans to produce a light, delicate spirit quite different from peaty Islay, visible across the narrow Sound of Jura. George Orwell wrote '1984' in a remote farmhouse on Jura's north coast, adding literary cachet. The core range includes Jura 10, 12, 18, and various special editions. Owned by Whyte & Mackay (Emperador). One of Scotland's most dramatically isolated distilleries -- accessible only by a single-track road and ferry via Islay.