Produced from 99% unpeated malted barley and 1% peated malted barley, this Amrut, whose name means black panther in Hindi, was finished in a sherry cask. Besides inevitably bringing us wonderful bookish memories from our childhood, its palette of aromas and flavours is abundantly natural and generous. In this way, notes of peat and smoke happily cause mischief throughout a tasting that gladly marries fresh fruits and other drier fruits.
From Amrut distillery, founded in 1948, just one year after Indian independence, this is a stormingly hot and spicy whisky, peated and bottled at a punchy cask strength of 62.8%. NoseGristy smoked barley, kippers with a salted butter, peppered bite. Tas...