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- Category World Whisk(e)y
- Country Taiwan
- Distillery King Car
- Age NAS
- Style Taiwanese Single Malt Whisky
- Maturation Oloroso sherry casks
- Alcohol 57.8%*
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If you have not heard of Kavalan yet, get ready for us to blow your Whisky-loving mind. That’s because Kavalan Distillery is located on the island of… Taiwan. And this relative newcomer to the pantheon of Single Malt deities is kicking serious Single Malt butt — winning awards and beating some of the most famous Whiskies in blind taste tests. Even Jim Murray himself has become a fan. Kavalan was founded in 2005 by Mr. Tien-Tsai Lee and is now owned by Taiwan’s King Car Group. They have developed a range of eighteen Single Malt offerings and all of them are uhmmm... Azing!
Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask has won twenty major international awards since its first release in 2010. It’s got it all… delicate Single Malt, expertly distilled, aged first fill Oloroso Sherry casks, and bottled on-site at cask strength — 57.8% ABV — without artificial coloring or chill filtration. Admit it… if you set out to craft the perfect Single Malt dram, that’s probably the list of specifications you would use. If you asked us to describe Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask in one word, that word would be “impressive.” If you give us a few more words, we’d say deep, complex, balanced, and luscious.
Smartass Corner:
“Kavalan” is the name of an ancient indigenous people that inhabited the Yilan province of Taiwan.
- Category World Whisk(e)y
- Country Taiwan
- Distillery King Car
- Age NAS
- Style Taiwanese Single Malt Whisky
- Maturation Oloroso sherry casks
- Alcohol 57.8%*
Appearance / Color
Warm mahogany.
Nose / Aroma / Smell
Sherried oak, roasted pecans and almond cookies.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Rich and full with rancio, marzipan, fig, dates with notes of a cocoa dust.
Finish
Long, dense and flavorful.
Warm mahogany.
Nose / Aroma / Smell
Sherried oak, roasted pecans and almond cookies.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Rich and full with rancio, marzipan, fig, dates with notes of a cocoa dust.
Finish
Long, dense and flavorful.
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Kavalan
Solist Sherry Cask (57.8%)
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The distillery used hybrid stills until 2006, which were discontinuous stills, with pot stills on the bottom and a short column on top.
When Stauning was being founded, the bank told them to open a bakery instead.
The King Car Group also works with coffee, they really emphasize the importance of grinding it, so they give the same importance to the grinding of barley in the Whisky distillery.
The two biggest Whisky producers in Japan and major rivals are Nikka and Suntory.
The distillery used hybrid stills until 2006, which were discontinuous stills, with pot stills on the bottom and a short column on top.
The distillery has since been named by Whisky Magazine as the World Icons of Whisky "Whisky Visitor Attraction of the Year" for 2011, and its products have won several other awards.
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Dog Dogson's
Smartass corner
The distillery used hybrid stills until 2006, which were discontinuous stills, with pot stills on the bottom and a short column on top.
When Stauning was being founded, the bank told them to open a bakery instead.
The King Car Group also works with coffee, they really emphasize the importance of grinding it, so they give the same importance to the grinding of barley in the Whisky distillery.
The two biggest Whisky producers in Japan and major rivals are Nikka and Suntory.
The distillery used hybrid stills until 2006, which were discontinuous stills, with pot stills on the bottom and a short column on top.
The distillery has since been named by Whisky Magazine as the World Icons of Whisky "Whisky Visitor Attraction of the Year" for 2011, and its products have won several other awards.
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