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Kavalan Solist Manzanilla

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(1)€350Taiwan, Single Malt

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Manzanilla is the driest, most delicate of all sherries, and that makes this single cask a quiet rebel. Kavalan fills these casks once they have held bone-dry Spanish wine. The result is a single malt that leans savoury rather than sweet. You find oak, a thread of coffee, and a salty, woody depth that keeps pulling you back. It bottles one cask at a time, never watered down. Every release carries its own cask number and its own character. Drink it neat and let the dryness unfold. Few whiskies wear a sherry cask this lightly.

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Kavalan

Kavalan is a distillery located in Taiwan and was founded in 2005. It is named after the Kavalan indigenous people who originally inhabited the Yilan County region where the distillery is located. Kavalan is known for its award-winning single malt whiskies that are produced using locally sourced ingredients and pure water from the nearby Yuanshan Mountain. The distillery has won numerous awards and accolades since its establishment, including "World's Best Single Malt Whisky" at the World Whiskies Awards in 2015 for its Solist Vinho Barrique expression. Kavalan also uses a unique tropical aging process that accelerates the maturation of their whiskies due to the warm and humid climate in Taiwan. Kavalan's portfolio includes a range of expressions that showcase different cask finishes such as sherry, port, and bourbon. Their whiskies are known for their complexity, depth, and unique flavor profiles that are influenced by Taiwan's climate and the distillery's production techniques.

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About the Kavalan Solist Manzanilla

Kavalan Solist Manzanilla is a single-malt whisky from the Kavalan distillery in Taiwan. It comes from one cask, bottled at full cask strength with nothing added. Kavalan sits in Yilan County, in the green hills of northern Taiwan. King Car Group founded the distillery in 2005, making it one of Asia's pioneers. The warehouses have no climate control, so the subtropical heat drives the spirit hard into the wood. Maturation that takes a decade in Scotland happens far faster here. That intensity is the heart of the Kavalan style. Manzanilla is the lightest, driest sherry from Spain. Those casks give this bottling a savoury edge rather than a sugary one. You taste oak first, firm and dry across the palate. A vein of coffee runs through the finish, with a woody, almost roasted depth behind it. The flavour is bold but never heavy. A faint salinity nods to the dry wine that came before. The Solist range is Kavalan's single-cask line, always bottled at cask strength. Each Kavalan Solist Manzanilla release is drawn from a single barrel and carries its own cask number. No two casks taste exactly alike. That is the appeal for collectors who chase single-cask whisky. Best enjoyed neat, at room temperature. The high strength rewards patience, opening slowly in the glass. This is a single malt for people who want their sherry cask dry, woody, and full of character. It shows how far Taiwanese whisky has travelled in a short time. A dry sherry cask rarely tastes this composed.