Amrut Kadhambam Single Malt

Nice name, no? Kadhambam! Sounds a bit like an onomatopoeia, but in fact is a word in Tamil, a south Indian language, meaning mixture or combination. According to the backlabel, you will get a combination of rum, sherry and cognac, since the single malt was finished on these types of casks. Yes, I am curious.

The nose is very full and round. Loads of spices like cloves, nutmeg and some cinnamon. Almond paste and cocoa. Some wet wood and pine cones. Toffee apples, blood oranges and green grapes. A midly vegetal edge that makes me think some peated barley was used. And a soury touch undoubtedly coming from the cognac cask. Nice. Even my wife likes this nose and that is saying something!

The palate is a continuation of the nose, but less sweet. Pretty smoky with a drying bitterness. Luckily there is enough fruit and some chocolate to keep things interesting.

The finish is spicy too, but a tad too bitter to fulfill the promise of the nose.

Quite an interesting Amrut, but it tries too hard to be complex, I feel. Too many casks in the mix?

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