Kavalan Solist 2006 8 Years Oloroso Sherry Cask No. S060821056 Limited Release 2015 Cava Benito for Andorra Taiwan Single Malt Whisky Cask Strength 57.1% Vol. - one of 496 bottles of a fine Taiwan single malt from the award-winning King Car distillery!
A rare vintage 2006 8 year old Kavalan Solist Taiwan Single Malt Whisky, distilled on 21 August 2006 and bottled after more than 8 years of maturation in a selected Oloroso Sherry Cask with Cask No.: S060821056 on 9 April 2015 without the addition of colourants and chill filtration in an edition of 496 individually numbered bottles exclusively for Cava Benito in Andorra and the importer La Maison du Whisky in Cask Strength at 57.1% vol.
A Kavalan Solist Amontillado Sherry Cask Single Malt Whisky was named World's Best Single Cask Whisky by the WWA in 2016, won numerous awards worldwide and is now one of the world's renowned whiskies with its natural and rich aroma as well as its complex character.
The Kavalan distillery is located in Yilan County, a small coastal plain in the estuary of the Lanyang River in the northern part of the east coast of Taiwan, about 80 km southeast of Taipei. The Taiwanese indigenous people are called Kavalans, hence the name Kavalan Whisky. In 2005, T.T. Lee, founder and president of the Taiwanese food company King Car Group, fulfilled his greatest wish: his own whisky distillery. As an enthusiastic whisky lover, he had long dreamed of the idea of producing a high-quality whisky for Taiwan. However, it was only with Taiwan's accession to the WTO in 2002 and the dissolution of the state monopoly on spirits that this idea became a possibility. The chemist Ian Chang, who completed his training as a master blender in Scotland with flying colours, became the focal point of this project. The most important advisor in setting up the distillery and adapting production to the climatic conditions was the British chemist and whisky expert Dr. Jim Swan, who still actively supports the company today. In April 2005, construction of the King Car Kavalan distillery began and the first new make saw the light of day on 11th March 2006. High humidity and temperatures of 15°C above the Scottish annual average posed challenges for the team. It quickly became clear that storage periods of 12 years or more would not be possible in Taiwan. With an Angels Share of 15-18% per year, Kavalan is far above the Scottish and Irish share of 2-3%. Only spring water from the region is used for the whisky production. The special thing about this is the soft and sweet taste of the water, which ultimately contributes to the fruity character of the whisky. Only high-quality oak barrels from Europe and the USA are used for the maturation of Kavalan whisky. The barrels are mainly stored standing up. The most important reason for this is to secure the barrels against earthquakes, which occur more frequently on Taiwan. The 4 pot stills (2 wash stills and 2 spirit stills each) come from Scotland.
Both the distillery and its whiskies have won numerous international awards in recent years and have prevailed in a wide variety of blind tastings against much older colleagues. Whisky expert Jim Murray also gives the Kavalan whisky grandiose ratings in his Whisky Bible.
A wonderful Kavalan Solist Taiwan Single Malt Whisky, matured in a selected Oloroso sherry cask, which shows in a wonderful way the special quality and character of the extraordinary single cask whiskies from Taiwan and a rare expression for connoisseurs, the demanding whisky collector and lovers of fine whiskies.
- Nose: clean and complex with multi-layers of dried fruit, nuttiness and spices with some marzipan and vanilla touches to it as well
- Palate: rich, oily and full with pleasant dried fruit and spices that linger on in the mouth plus a hint of fine coffee
- Colour: dark raisin
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Distillery Bottling
- District: Taiwan
- Vintage: 21.th August 2006
- Age: 8 years old
- Year bottled: 09th April 2015
- Cask Wood Type: Oloroso Sherry Cask
- Cask No.: S060821056
- Alcohol ABV% 57.1 - Cask Strength
- Bottling Series: Vintage 2006 Kavalan Solist Oloroso Sherry Cask Limited Single Cask Edition - Release 2015 exklusiv für Cava Benito in Andorra
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / not chill filtered
- Packaging original boxed
- Producer/Importer: Kavalan Distillery, 326, Section 2, Yuan-shan Road, Yuan-Shan, Yi-Lan, Taiwan. 26444 / La Maison Du Whisky 8-10 Rue Gastave Eifel, 92110 Clichy
- Country of Origin: Taiwan
- limited, oneo of 496 bottles - rare collector´s whisky!
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