- Proof
- 124.2
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- MaltIndian Single Malt Whisky
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“A port-pipe sandwich: American oak, Portuguese port pipes, then bourbon casks again.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- Thick and pudding-like; caramel and stewed fruit, burnt apple pie, black raisins and red berries, with a sour lime edge
- palate
- Jammy, spiced fruit wound through caramel, with cinnamon raisin toast, prunes and raspberry jam, and a salty oak tang that leaves the mouth dry
- finish
- Long and oaky; cocoa grows, cherry syrup lingers, and muscovado sugar takes over from the berries as the wood dries
Mash bill
- Malted barley100%
100% malted barley, unpeated. Amrut has not published which barley it uses for Portonova; its unpeated single malts are made from Indian six-row barley grown in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
- Cask
- New American oak and ex-bourbon barrels; once-used port pipes
- Finish
- Middle stage in once-used Portuguese port pipes, then back to ex-bourbon casks
- Best served
- with a few drops of water
Why it's craft
Portonova is named for Parangipettai, a town on the Tamil Nadu coast once under Portuguese control, and its middle stage is spent in port pipes shipped from Portugal. Amrut sandwiches that port maturation between American oak at the start and ex-bourbon casks at the end, then bottles it at full cask strength. The whisky is made and aged at the family-owned company's own distillery outside Bengaluru.
Amrut Distilleries
Independent · Est. 1948 · Tours