Oloroso Sherry matured single cask whisky from Taiwan, bottled without artificial colouring or chill filtration. Now finally available in Europe, Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask won a Double Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and was named Best Rest of the World Single Malt Whisky at the World Whiskies Awards in 2012!
Was: £101.50Now: £99.50
complexity in this sherry bomb. A next level on the glendronach 18 year old. Highly recommended. Amazing what they have done in such a short amount of time.
This whisky is a sterling achievement from this excellent Taiwanese distillery. It has a vibrant fruity smell thanks to the sherry casking during its making and the visually the colour compliments the aroma with a deeper slightly ruby colour compared to the other Kavlan whiskes. The taste is complex with deep almost berry taste to start off with followed by a slightly oaked vanilla flavour. Despite its high alcohol content this whisky is very well balanced and the flavours leave you questioning whether this really exceeds the 58% mark.
I recommend building up to this with a few other drink before hand. At 57.8% alcohol, you want your senses desensitized a bit. Having it as the first drink of the day, all I taste is the burn. First impression, this smells too much like sherry. Why not just drink sherry? But it really opens up after a couple sips. Fruit, fruit, and more fruit. A fruit bomb if there ever was one. Once, in my many tastings, I got a hint of coffee and mmmmmm, been chasing it ever since. The finish varies, something more fruit and sometimes wood barrel goodness. All in all, not my favorite, but very interesting. I keep it around to show people the range scotch can have. For an intro, I usually go a Highland, then a Islay, then this.
Superb and one of the kind!
Hi there! The current batch is from cask number S081219016 and retains the 57.8% ABV. However, in future the cask number will change, based on the availability of the product, so we cannot guarantee that the current cask number will be the same in a few months' time. --The Chaps at Master of Malt
