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Kavalan
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Kavalan
ex-Bourbon Oak Single Malt Whisky

Category: Single Malt Whisky

Date Tasted:
Country: Taiwan
Alcohol: 46%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$124.99

Kavalan
ex-Bourbon Oak Single Malt Whisky

Category: Single Malt Whisky

Date Tasted:
Country: Taiwan
Alcohol: 46%
Gold color. Aromas of speculoos cookie butter, spiced marmalade, gingersnap cookies, and lily with a supple, vibrant, dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body and a warming, complex, medium-long salted toffee, fine tea, sultanas, dried rose, apricot chutney, Proscuitto, and smoked tonka bean finish. A deliciously complex and welcoming whisky with a unique spicy pop on the mid palate; lengthy and wide-appealing.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy, Fruity & Complex
Aroma Aroma: speculoos cookie butter, spiced marmalade, gingersnap cookies, and lily
Taste Flavor: salted toffee, fine tea, sultanas, dried rose, apricot chutney, Proscuitto, and smoked tonka bean
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, on the rocks and with cigars
Cocktail Cocktails: Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A deliciously complex and welcoming whisky with a unique spicy pop on the mid palate; lengthy and wide-appealing.
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The Producer or Importer

Hotaling & Co. Importer-Distiller

The Producer or Importer
550 Montgomery
San Francisco, CA 94111
USA
1 415-630-5910
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Kavalan ex-Bourbon Oak Single Malt Whisky rating was calculated by to be 93 points out of 100 on 7/25/2019. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.