Kavalan Solist Port Single Cask Strength

Got a sample of this from whiskysite.nl. Cask O100505024A. 7 years old. This is great stuff with notes of strawberries, raspberries, chocolate, spice, a little passion fruit and toffee. Medium finish than can be longer with a nice raspberry chocolatey feel.

Tried this one straight up and was impressed how easily it went down. The taste included notes of prunes, burnt caramel, brown sugar and over the top of it all was a quite strong flavour of molasses. As Lee mentioned it's definitely a weird taste. It's constructed very well this drop but the flavour profile isn't for me as it's a bit odd..similar to east asian desserts which often have weird sweet flavours e.g. sweet bean curd. It's a hard one to rate, quality and balance high, flavour profile fair bit lower. 3.75 - 4 I think. It's not one I'd drink a lot of. This is the third Kavalan I've had and over all they are a quality drop but not really a distillery that grabs me flavour wise.

N - 89: Strong due to high ABV. Sweet vanilla notes. T - 88: Raisins, caramel, vanilla. 2:1 ratio with water preferred. F - 86: Harsh without water. 87.66/100

Rich sweet plum, raisins, caramel and oaky nose and taste follows through with stronger oaky tastes. Add few drops of water brings out more sweetness. Fruity and sweet after taste. Great whiskey.

Rich sweet plum, raisins, caramel and oaky nose and taste follows through with stronger oaky tastes. Add few drops of water brings out more sweetness. Fruity and sweet after taste. Great whiskey.