Amrut Spectrum 004

Chocolatey, oaky, and spicy. Very complex and a nice oily, lasting finish.

Really liked this, oak and full bodied with a little sharpness but solid overall I’d drink this at an event

Daje drewnem, wanilia i mocna lycha, jest udzial sherry, ake tyci tyci, 3,9, s: slodkie, waniliowe, beczkowe, ale alkohol tu jest dopierdolony mega, troche tego drewna, gliceru, winogron i slodyczy zostaje, no jest ten sherry-after taste, 3,7 overall.

나는 스카치보다 이런 특이한 위스키가 취향에 맞는 듯. 별로 기대 안 했는데 정말 좋다. 말린 대추향 나고 질감도 부들부들 + 유질감 있어서 좋다.

2021 Batch. Better than the first 004 batch, up there with the original 005 batch. Nose: Figs, Toffee, Cranberries, Blackberries, Honey, Gingerbread, Plums, Milk Chocolate, Raspberries, Luxardo Cherries, Dates, Vanilla, White Chocolate, Lavender Palate: Raisins, Figs, Dates, Sultanas, Ginger, Orange Peels, Plums, Mocha, Espresso, Blackberries, Treacle, Maple Syrup, Toffee, Salted Caramel, Stewed Red Apples, Cloves, Tobacco, Leather, Old Oak Finish: Mocha, Espresso, Tobacco, Dark Chocolate, Cloves, Red Chili Pepper, Old Oak, Dates, Prunes, Salted Caramel, Hazlenuts, Walnuts, Banana Bread

For my Review No. 600 i wanted to open one of my special bottles, and oh boy i had a great whisky. Amrut Spectrum 004 , inspired in James Bond (i have no idea why) is a 50%abv whisky from India that was matured for 3 years in ex bourbon casks to then be finished in a "Frankenstein" Cask, made of different oak staves: american white oak with level 3 charring, Ex Oloroso, french Oak with slight toasting and Ex Pedro Ximenez Sherry; the result: One of the best whiskies i have ever had. Bottled at 50%abv, you won't believe how dark red this dram is. The color is Burnt Umber. On the nose is just perfect, complex, powerful, lovely. Chocolate, Tropical fruits; naranjilla (lulo); a Coffee note that it is so beautiful!!!; Mocaccino coffee. A cherry that has been dipped in fondant from a coffee cake. Aroma on this dram is just out of this world. Sherriness from PX, those dark dried fruits. Some citrus emerging, naranjilla. Roasted coffee beans. Red fruits syrup. The most clean, magical chocolate fudge note ever. Recently baked brownies (even my wife said this was 100% there). I Cant stop nosing it. Chocolate butter also present. Aroma after taking the fist sip, reveal also an orange caramel thick syrup. This is great, so buttery. So amazing. On the palate it is also amazing. Orange chocolates. Amazing spiciness; Mineral spiciness. Thick caramel chocolate with pepper and wasabi, so freaking pleasant. Second sip gets even cleaner: Milka caramel chocolate. The spiciness is incredible. Third sip gives you a fancy thick caramel. Aftertaste is very rewarding. Oaky, smoky, sawdust, full finish.Very woody, but so well crafted. Dry. Winey; chocolate and chilli. Minerals, salty, earthy. Overall, this might be my favorite dram of 2020, for the 50%abv you don't get raw alcohol at all, this is powerful, this is tasty. I am really trying to find any flaw on this whisky, but there is none. Maybe the aftertaste is not perfect, but almost there. A great and solid 99 over 100, this will be on my top 10 of this year... and probably it will be on my all time top 10. Great Single Malt.