Description

Amrut Intermediate Sherry Indian Single Malt Whisky (700ml)

Volume: 700ml           ABV: 57.1%           Age: No Age Statement           Country: India           Chill Filtered?: Non Chill Filtered

According to Indian Mythology, when Gods and Rakshasas – the demons – churned the oceans using the mountain Meru as a churner, a golden pot sprang out containing the Elixir of Life. That was called the “Amrut”. The great founders of the distillery aptly named it Amrut Distilleries.

Amrut Intermediate Sherry Single Malt Whisky is a product of many years research to produce whiskies matching world standards. The whisky is made from selected Indian barley grown at the feet of the Himalayas, nurtured by the waters flowing there and cultivated by old and traditional agricultural practises. It is carefully mashed and distilled in small batches to preserve the natural aroma and matured in oak barrels in a unique tropical condition, at an altitude of 3,000 feet above sea level at Bangalore, the garden city of India. This exclusive bottling of Amrut Cask Strength Single Malt offers the connoisseur the rare opportunity to sample this Treasure of India

To retain the natural characteristics of this oak aged Indian Malt Whisky, they do not chill filter and it comes straight from the barrel in its natural colour.

New make spirit was matured in the traditional way in Virgin/ Ex Bourbon casks and is then transferred into Spanish Ex-Oloroso Sherry Butts wherein it matures for a year more gaining an added sherry finish. The finishing touch is thus lent by a further period of maturation in ex-bourbon casks. The results is an essay in elegance with subdued sherry notes that bears the tell-tale Amrut Signature of quality and innovation. A worthy successor to the much acclaimed Amrut Fusion and Amrut Double Cask.

Official Tasting Notes

Nose: Instead of the usual biscuit aroma, we now get moist cake. And my word; is it fruity and spicy!! Love the freshly waxed oak floor, too. Brain-explodingly complex and multi-layered with one of the most intriguing sherry-style-bourbon-style marriages on the market.

Palate: Cracking delivery and entirely unique in form. The structure is decidedly oak-based, but acts as no more than a skeleton from which the juicy sultana and spices drape. Salivating, too, as the barley kicks in powerfully. But the liquorice-orangey-honeycomb bourbon theme quietly shapes the flavour profile; the spices pulse and glow.

Finish: Quite a chunk of natural caramel quietens the more exuberant characteristics; long and elegant.