Amrut NAS (61.9%, OB, ‘Cask Strength’ bottled Sept 2007)

The second of three tasting notes this week featuring the single malts of Amrut Distillery. The undiluted nose is of tinned fruit cocktail and vaguely earthy at first but after some time in the glass it opens up and become floral followed by some un smoked pipe tobacco (the sweet kind) and then some nice wood spice notes (think of antique furniture). Very nice indeed. With water it become very familiar; ah yes, scotch! It is still very sweet and earthy followed by the wood spices. Everything is OK so far…. The undiluted taste is some unlike the nose at first but this quickly changes as it charges through sweet, earthy and then blasts into the wood notes and then the pipe tobacco. The floral notes make a late appearance but are very subtle. There is also some dry dusty malt an then some citrus. With water it’s more approachable and gentler; sweeter and mellower, the earthiness, the sweetness and the pipe tobacco all work together. The finish is very spiced and dry while being very long, after a short while the tinned fruit cocktail and the citrus make an appearance. The finish continues on for quite a while and is very pleasant. After a few minutes the finish is some smackingly good gentle malt and gentle oak notes.

Another very good whisky from Amrut Distillery (The NEW Bangalore Torpedo).

C$78

Score 85 Points

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2 of 3 scotch Indian Whisky by Amrut Distillery this week…….