Kavalan 2007 Distillery Reserve

Category	-
Distillery	Kavalan
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	2007
Bottled Year	2016
Age	-
Cask Type	Peaty Cask
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	55.0%
Volume	300 ml
Label	-
Country	Taiwan
Region	Kavalan

Flavor Profile

Sweet

Vanilla

Fruity

Oaky

Creamy

Spicy

Honey

Dried Fruit

Floral

Citrus

Smoky

Chocolate

Nutty

Herbal

Maritime

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

gold

air Nose

I often find wood smoke in whisky but here, it’s loud. And that would rather be pinewood, in fact, or even cones. Some kind of green lapsang souchong, or smoked Japanese seaweed, then flowers that wouldn’t be completely open (esp. roses), a touch of eucalyptus, a feeling of rye and juniper, caraway, clay… An unusual combination but I wouldn’t say it doesn’t work. With water: grass. Doesn’t swim too well

restaurant Palate

great! It’s fat and oily, curiously fresh, between crème de menthe, Mandarine Napoléon, ginger liqueur and… truckloads of tannins and peaty pepper. The peat never stops growing. With water: yes, it swims well now. It’s not easy to find a point of comparison in Scotland. Sadly, it tends to become dry and greenly bitter. Overinfused green tea. Much more peat in the aftertaste

timer Finish

long, rather astringent

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