Jose-Massu-Espinel
Amrut Naarangi
Single Malt — India
Reviewed
October 9, 2021 (edited October 12, 2021)
Amrut is always making experiments to enhance the whisky experience of their consumers. Naaragi, is a single malt that had been matured 3 years on a traditional oak cask, to then be finished for another 3 years in a cask that previously held a combination of oloroso sherry, matured wine and orange peels.
Bottled at 50%abv, tawny color.
On the nose, it is all about oranges. Old orange peel, orange caramel, orange spices.
Bbq sauce, super citric. Lemon and citric green apples.
On the nose, it follows the same path: Tangerine, lime, lemoncello. A second sip gave me burnt paper and raw cereal.
Aftertaste is a mildly peated. Burnt hay; sulphuric and copper notes. Dry and peaty; tobacco ashes.
Overall, this is exactly what it has to be, a tribute to all things that are related to oranges. Naarangi must mean "oranges" or something like that, since it sounds very similar to "naranjas" which the spanish word for Oranges. A citric, but strong dram, my score for it is a solid 84 over 100.
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@Jose-Massu-Espinel i had a pour of batch 1 of this years ago, was way too orange-y then. Sounds as if they improved the recipe
@PBMichiganWolverine amazing fact bro, thanks!
@Jose-Massu-Espinel yes, Naarangi in Hindi means oranges. Ironically, in Sanskrit, it’s Naranga. The Arabs picked up these as part of the east-west trade, introducing it to Spain and Portugal.