ScotchingHard
Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique Single Cask Strength
Single Malt — Taiwan
Reviewed
September 15, 2018 (edited August 3, 2019)
1oz pour at Jack Rose.
I was thinking of buying a bottle of this. Thank god I thought of trying it first. You just can’t trust these glowing reviews of Asian whiskies. Are they really that good? Or are people just happy to jump on the bandwagon and try something different?
This is different. Prune juice. Robitussin cherry. No. Fuck that. Buckley’s. It tastes bad, but it will cure you of constipation and upper respiratory infections.
I struggled to see how this could have won so many awards. It needed a lot of water before I got anything pleasant in the form of a desert wine. Still, it’s just too much raisins and prunes. The finish is a fight between syrupy sweetness and bitterness that I preferred to stay out of.
What would I pay for a bottle? $40. Haha.
80 / 100
29.0
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@ScotchingHard @LeeEvolved yeah I think there’s barrel variations. The one I provided SDT team, I thought at least, was really good. Or maybe just quality over time? I bought that bottle quite some time ago
Yikes. The pour I had at Whiskyfest DC was the highlight of the festival. I guess there’s lots of barrel variations here and that’s not a good thing. I paid close to $200 for the one I have- I hope it’s closer to the one I had in April than what you describe here.