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Goa, India’s Paul John is again with one other single malt. Mithuna, and this one swings for the fences, touting proper on the field that it’s “the third most interesting whisky on this planet,” which is outwardly one thing Jim Murray has determined.
It’s the second whisky in Paul John’s Zodiac collection, Mithuna being the Indian equal of Gemini. (We’ve got by no means encountered the primary, known as Kanya.) The whisky is distilled from Indian six-row barley (not the same old two-row) and carries no age assertion, although the distillery says it’s at the least 5 years previous. It’s unusually matured in virgin American oak and completed in ex-bourbon casks earlier than bottling at a racy 58% abv.
As with most of Paul John’s whiskies, the stuff is intense. Daring on the nostril with recent cereal malt and a hoary gunpowder be aware, that virgin oak barrel makes an enormous, cherry affect from the beginning. A delicate oxidized wine aroma comes from nowhere, nevertheless, tempering among the wood-forward heaviness. The palate finds room for a squeeze of citrus sweetness, with lemon on the forefront, fading to a extra conventional caramel be aware because it develops on the tongue. The end is prolonged and wealthy, evoking Pedro Ximenez sherry, roasted nuts, and extra of that austere wine character. There’s a youthful brashness on the core of the spirit, but it surely’s filtered by so many unique flavors that it’s exhausting to not be enchanted by it — although I think its odd building won’t be for everybody.
116 proof. Reviewed: Batch #1.
B+ / $260 / pauljohnwhisky.com
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