So Is the Herald a Triumph ?
18 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
in Amrut Tasting Notes Tags: Amrut Cask Strength, Amrut Herald, Amrut Indian Single Malt Whisky, Amrut Single Malt Whisky, Bangalore, Helgoland, India, Indian whisky, Single malt whisky
Recently Amrut announced the release of a New Expression the ‘Amrut Herald’ , with their German Distributor Prineus they moved some casks from Bangalore to the Island of Helgoland just off the coast of Germany for a further period of maturation . Hand filled on the island , literally straight from the cask , this is a limited edition release .
While other “Whisky Experts” chew the fat over the small print of the press release , lets get down to the thing that really matters , what’s in the Bottle and not the nautical distance from mainland Germany or who’s cellar it’s been sitting in !
From Cask #2857 , producing 231 bottles and bottled at 60.8% , it’s a lovely Golden Syrup colour in the glass . At first a fairly closed nose , then the Amrut liquorice blasts through followed by a lot of fruit , Apples , pear drops , bananas and then Chocolate , shortbread and toffee . The palate is huge ! Again liquorice at first , then chocolate , pepper , condensed apple and cream and what seems like peat ! Very spicy in fact almost Talisker like , Wow , wow and thrice wow ! The finish is Long , spicy and a touch of sweetened fruit .
This is a hot little number , different to the 3 bottlings from the end of last year , just when you think you’ve found your favourite Amrut along comes another stunning bottle to put into the mix , Amazing !
Edit – Now on my second dram , there are times when you think does whisky get any better than this……. like now………
