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Kavalan

Kavalan
Distillery Select No. 2 Single Malt Whisky

Category: Taiwanese Whisky

Date Tasted:
Country: Taiwan
Alcohol: 40%
95 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$59.99

Kavalan
Distillery Select No. 2 Single Malt Whisky

Category: Taiwanese Whisky

Date Tasted:
Country: Taiwan
Alcohol: 40%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of clover honey, lemongrass, chinese five spice, and pecan pie and honied nuts with a velvety, vibrant, bone-dry medium-to-full body and a very long finish manifesting notes of orange confit and nougat, anise and clove, vanilla and caramel, and ginger candy. A sweet, spicy, and floral Single Malt with layers of complexity that is just delicious.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: clover honey, lemongrass, chinese five spice, and pecan pie and honied nuts
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of orange confit and nougat, anise and clove, vanilla and caramel, and ginger candy
Smoothness Smoothness: Normal
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat, on the rocks and with cigars
Cocktail Cocktails: Whiskey Sour, Whiskey Smash
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A sweet, spicy, and floral Single Malt with layers of complexity that is just delicious.

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