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Kavalan
Solist Oloroso Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky

Category: Taiwanese Whisky

Date Tasted: 6/6/2022

Country: Taiwan

Alcohol: 59.4%

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90 Points

Gold Medal

Exceptional

$224.99

Kavalan
Solist Oloroso Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky

Category: Taiwanese Whisky

Date Tasted: 6/6/2022

Country: Taiwan

Alcohol: 59.4%

Brown color. Aromas of sweet maderized wine, black tea and espresso bean, oxidized pineapple, leather, mahogany, and and old library with a medium-full body and a medium-long vinyl and over steeped tea leaves, dried red fruit, and maduro tobacco and coffee grounds finish. Rich and concentrated, this a well-aged Whisky with hints of delicious old fortified wine that has gracefully watched the passing of decades.

Tasting Info

	Style:	Complex
	Aroma:	sweet maderized wine, black tea and espresso bean, oxidized pineapple, leather, mahogany, and and old library
	Flavor:	vinyl and over steeped tea leaves, dried red fruit, and maduro tobacco and coffee grounds
	Smoothness:	Normal
	Enjoy:	in cocktails, neat, on the rocks and with cigars
	Cocktails:	Whiskey Sour, Whiskey Smash
	Bottom Line:	Rich and concentrated, this a well-aged Whisky with hints of delicious old fortified wine that has gracefully watched the passing of decades.

The Producer

Kavalan Distillery

326, Section 2, Yuan-shan Road

Yuan-Shan, Yilan 26444

Taiwan

886 -39229000

www.kavalanwhisky.com

Their Portfolio

88 •	Kavalan Classic Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $92.99.
93 •	Kavalan Concertmaster Port Cask Finish Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $99.99.
93 •	Kavalan Concertmaster Sherry Cask Finish Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $99.99.
90 •	Kavalan Distillery Select No.1 Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $59.99.
95 •	Kavalan Distillery Select No. 2 Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $59.99.
93 •	Kavalan Triple Sherry Cask Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $119.99.
94 •	Kavalan Podium Single Malt Whisky 46% (Taiwan) $128.99.
97 •	Kavalan Solist Ex-Bourbon Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.1% (Taiwan) $159.99.
90 •	Kavalan Solist Oloroso Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 59.4% (Taiwan) $224.99.
95 •	Kavalan Solist Fino Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.1% (Taiwan) $469.99.
96 •	Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 55.6% (Taiwan) $257.99.
96 •	Kavalan Distillery Reserve Peated Malt Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 54% (Taiwan) $89.99.
95 •	Kavalan Distillery Reserve Rum Cask Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 55.6% (Taiwan) $89.99.
89 •	Kavalan Solist Madeira Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.1% (Taiwan) $299.99.
92 •	Kavalan Solist Brandy Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.8% (Taiwan) $299.99.
89 •	Kavalan Solist Port Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 56.3% (Taiwan) $299.99.
95 •	Kavalan Solist Amontillado Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 55.6% (Taiwan) $599.99.
95 •	Kavalan Solist Manzanilla Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 58.6% (Taiwan) $599.99.
92 •	Kavalan Solist PX Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.1% (Taiwan) $699.99.
96 •	Kavalan Solist Moscatel Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.1% (Taiwan) $599.99.
91 •	Kavalan Classic Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $92.00.
90 •	Kavalan Concertmaster Port Cask Finish Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $99.00.
93 •	Kavalan Concertmaster Sherry Cask Finish Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $99.00.
92 •	Kavalan Concertmaster Vinho Barrique Finish Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $99.00.
91 •	Kavalan Distillery Select No.1 Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $59.00.
93 •	Kavalan Distillery Select No. 2 Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $59.00.
93 •	Kavalan Triple Sherry Cask Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $119.00.
92 •	Kavalan Podium Single Malt Whisky 46% (Taiwan) $102.00.
94 •	Kavalan Solist Ex-Bourbon Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 54.8% (Taiwan) $195.00.
95 •	Kavalan Solist Oloroso Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 53.2% (Taiwan) $214.00.
93 •	Kavalan Solist Fino Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.1% (Taiwan) $469.00.
92 •	Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 54.8% (Taiwan) $214.00.
92 •	Kavalan Distillery Reserve Peated Malt Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 51.6% (Taiwan) $89.00.
94 •	Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.8% (Taiwan) $89.00.
96 •	Kavalan Solist Brandy Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.1% (Taiwan) $214.00.
93 •	Kavalan Solist Port Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.1% (Taiwan) $214.00.
95 •	Kavalan Solist Amontillado Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.1% (Taiwan) $599.00.
95 •	Kavalan Solist Manzanilla Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.8% (Taiwan) $599.00.
94 •	Kavalan Solist PX Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 55.6% (Taiwan) $699.00.
95 •	Kavalan Solist Moscatel Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 53.2% (Taiwan) $599.00.
92 •	Kavalan Classic Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $92.00.
90 •	Kavalan Concertmaster Port Cask Finish Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $99.00.
92 •	Kavalan Concertmaster Sherry Cask Finish Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $99.00.
91 •	Kavalan Concertmaster Vinho Barrique Finish Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $99.00.
90 •	Kavalan Distillery Select No.1 Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $59.00.
94 •	Kavalan Distillery Select No.2 Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $59.00.
93 •	Kavalan Triple Sherry Cask Single Malt Whisky 43% (Taiwan) $99.00.
90 •	Kavalan Wine Oak Single Malt Whisky 43% (Taiwan) $102.00.
90 •	Kavalan Port Oak Single Malt Whisky 43% (Taiwan) $102.00.
92 •	Kavalan Podium Single Malt Whisky 46% (Taiwan) $102.00.
91 •	Kavalan Master’s Select Reserve No.1 Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $112.00.
90 •	Kavalan Master’s Select Reserve No.2 Single Malt Whisky 40% (Taiwan) $112.00.
93 •	Kavalan Solist Ex-Bourbon Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 54% (Taiwan) $195.00.
95 •	Kavalan Solist Oloroso Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.1% (Taiwan) $214.00.
97 •	Kavalan Solist Fino Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.8% (Taiwan) $469.00.
94 •	Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 58.6% (Taiwan) $214.00.
93 •	Kavalan Distillery Reserve Peated Malt Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 50.8% (Taiwan) $89.00.
95 •	Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 58.6% (Taiwan) $89.00.
95 •	Kavalan Solist Brandy Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.1% (Taiwan) $214.00.
93 •	Kavalan Solist Port Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 59.4% (Taiwan) $214.00.
96 •	Kavalan Solist Amontillado Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 56.3% (Taiwan) $599.00.
96 •	Kavalan Solist Manzanilla Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 57.8% (Taiwan) $599.00.
95 •	Kavalan Solist PX Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 55.6% (Taiwan) $699.00.
94 •	Kavalan Solist Moscatel Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 53.2% (Taiwan) $599.00.
88 •	King Car Conductor Single Malt Whisky 46% (Taiwan) $128.99.
95 •	King Car Conductor Single Malt Whisky 46% (Taiwan) $102.00.
92 •	King Car Conductor Single Malt Whisky 46% (Taiwan) $102.00.

Taiwanese Whisky

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Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass

About

Taiwanese Whisky

Remarkably constructed in only 9 months in 2015, the Kavalan distillery is Taiwan's first whisky distillery. Despite their relative youth, the malt whiskies made at Kavalan are amazingly flavorful, complex, world-class spirits—modeled after Scottish single malts—that are a product of ingenuity, Scottish tradition and ingredients, and the unique tropical Taiwanese climate that accelerates the aging process.