Taiwanese Whisky Review: Nantou Omar 2020 Lychee Liqueur Barrel Finish / 54% ABV
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Nantou Omar 2020 Lychee Liqueur Barrel Finish / 54% ABV
Tasted neat
Nantou Omar offers a cask-strength single malt finished in a Lychee Liqueur barrel. The bottle date here is 2020.10.14 (F), and it is non-chill-filtered. After 3–4 years of aging in ex-bourbon barrels, it’s finished in Lychee Liquer casks for an unspecified length of time.
You can read a little bit more about the Lychee Liqueur Barrel Finish on their official website (archive).
- Color: russet (1.3)
- Nose: lychee, vanilla, ethanol, nutmeg, grain whisky, and jasmine flowers
- Taste: extremely sweet, lychee, dragonfruit; passionfruit bubble tea
- Finish: short, some oak
This is one-of-a-kind digestif, probably the only one in the world using locally produced ex-Lychee barrels, and it’s sweet, fruity, and inoffensive. But even though it is technically a single malt, it drinks like a dessert cordial. I don’t think I will stock it regularly, but I wonder if it would make a good highball or spritz.
Rating: 6/10
