Single Malt Oloroso Sherry Single Cask
⏳ Drinking Window
As a distilled spirit, this whisky does not age in the bottle and is ready to enjoy upon release, remaining stable for decades if stored correctly.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate truffles, roasted Peking duck, aged Stilton cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the subtropical climate of Yilan County, Taiwan, Kavalan's Single Malt Oloroso Sherry Single Cask represents a revolutionary approach to whisky maturation. Utilizing the pure, mineral-rich meltwater from the Snow Mountain range, the spirit is aged in hand-selected Spanish Oloroso sherry casks. Taiwan's intense heat and humidity accelerate the wood extraction process, resulting in a remarkably rich, complex, and deeply colored single malt in a fraction of the time required in cooler climates. This single cask expression showcases intense notes of dried fruits, dark chocolate, and warm spices, reflecting Kavalan's meteoric rise to global acclaim and its defiance of traditional whisky-aging paradigms.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 2005 by the King Car Group under founder Tien-Tsai Lee, Kavalan Distillery is located in Yuanshan Township within Yilan County, Taiwan. Named after the indigenous Kavalan people of the Yilan plain, the distillery pioneered world-class Taiwanese single malt whisky production using mineral-rich meltwater sourced from the nearby Snow Mountain range. Kavalan capitalizes on Taiwan's intense subtropical climate, which accelerates the wood maturation process to yield remarkably complex, rich, and mature flavor profiles in a compressed timeframe. The distillery is globally renowned for its multi-award-winning Single Malt Solist series, celebrated for exquisite cask-strength releases matured in Sherry, Port, Ex-Bourbon, and Vinho Barrique casks.
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
50-60%