Whiskywobbler scored this whisky 88 points

Spicy, intense, balanced, and different from European malt mates. This is just excellent. I always wonder if it is just me, or do I really taste the origins of the whisky. It reminds me of all the aromas of a proper Indian meal. Unfortunate that these bottles are not available anymore, but recentely a new bottle from 2013 reappeared on the Dutch market. Can we convince Amrut to repeat these Bourbon single cask releases more frequently? I think we ought to…
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It is clean and smooth with aromatic honey, Indian spices, toffee and some kind of varnish. It screams for a few drops of water, which unlock a beautiful fruitiness with apricots, fresh juicy pears and apples, unripe bananas, and definitely mango (oh yes!). Lots of (tropical) spices like cinnamon powder, nutmeg, anise, Indian honey (does that exist?), and coriander. In addition, I detect clear notes of ginger, and some kind of sugary sweetness. Reminds me some rhum agricole. Fresh, floral, and even a tiny bit salty.
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Also here, I find a clean and smooth entry with lots of Indian spices like Garam Masala or curry. In the beginning a bit tight. But this gets better when the bottle has been opened for some time. Water is definitely needed to open things up, like we found for the nose. The spicy notes of nutmeg, cinnamon powder, pepper, cumin, sesame seeds, persil, and freshly baked oriental bread also appear. Really lovely! Aromatic honey, tropic butterscotch (?), fennel, hot peppers, paprika, tabasco, and more curry. It is oily, a bit creamy, there are vegetable notes of olives and several tropical vegetables, and lemon grass. A tiny bit of pencil shavings appear along with some notes of acetone, but those do not bother the experience. The finish is spicy, oriental and intense.