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Reviewed
January 28, 2023 (edited January 30, 2023)
4.25
4.25 out of 5 stars
Bought mine in Taiwan, so worth noting mine is a 58.6% bottle.
Damn. I love single malt. People in Taiwan sleep on Kavalan. They think it’s lesser quality because it isn’t from the UK. Friendly people, very polite… but wrong about Kavalan. It is excellent.
Deep amber hue. Nose is sweet and complex. Syrupy, tropical and rich. Actually smells like money. Like a crisp clean $100 bill.
Tip of the tongue is almost maple. Sweet oily mouthfeel. Rich and complex, it’s a cop out to site tropical fruits because it comes from a literal tropical island. This is more a deep refreshing apple juice. Oak bites your soft palette so bite it back. This sip punishes you for rushing. Take your time and it rewards you.
The water here is interesting… Taiwan’s water appears to be among the best and worst in the world. My hotel warned against drinking tap water. I’m a tap water aficionado and scoffed at this.. that is until I was informed that a globally recognized testing operation found elevated levels of arsenic in it… which explains the copious bottles of water that would appear daily. At that point I learned the bottled water was free.
It the mountains it is a different story. And I believe it. I personally like the contrast. It’s a lot like Taiwan, beautiful but precarious.
At any rate, try this.
Yum yum yum - just the right amount of sweet that fills your palette - honey, pecan, toffee, cinnamon, nutmeg, green apple - full mouth feel and wholesome like a heartwarming dessert
Mocny alkohol tutaj, pali w nozdrza, jest mocna wanilina, cukier, drewno, winogrona, no ale alko przeszkadza, 4,1, s: mocno slodkie w smaku, ale tez alkoholowe niestety, waniliowe, pieprzne, grzeje w rure, lekka dymnosc, 3,9 overall.
Marshall Józef Piłsudski's Municipal Stadium of Legia Warsaw