Single Malt Paul Chiang Peated Malt Cask No R150409048A (((Bottled 2021)))
⏳ Drikkevindue
As a fully matured single malt whisky, this bottle is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon release and will remain stable indefinitely if stored upright, sealed, and away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
smoked duck breast, dark chocolate truffles, mature blue cheese
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
This highly collectible single malt represents a harmonious marriage of fine art and liquid craftsmanship, born from a collaboration between Taiwan's Kavalan Distillery and the acclaimed Taiwanese abstract artist Paul Chiang. Part of a prestigious limited-edition series, this expression features Chiang's evocative artwork on the label, celebrating the natural beauty of Yilan County. Distilled from peated malted barley and matured in Taiwan's intense subtropical climate, the whisky benefits from accelerated wood extraction and the pristine, mineral-rich meltwater of the Snow Mountain range. The peated style of Kavalan is exceptionally rare, delivering a complex profile where earthy, coastal peat smoke beautifully intertwines with the distillery's signature tropical fruit notes, such as mango, coconut, and ripe pineapple, rounded out by deep oak complexity from the single cask maturation.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Kavalan blev grundlagt i 2005 af Tien-Tsai Lee fra King Car Group og er Taiwans banebrydende single malt-destilleri. Destilleriet ligger på den frodige alluviale slette i Yuanshan-distriktet i Yilan County, flankeret af Stillehavet og Xueshan-bjergkæden (Snow Mountain). Til mæskningen udnyttes det rene, mineralrige smeltevand fra bjergene. Kavalan destillerer på traditionelle kobberkedler, og stedets terroir præges markant af det nordøstlige Taiwans intense subtropiske luftfugtighed og markante temperatursvingninger. Dette ekstreme klima – udviklet i tæt samarbejde med den afdøde fadmodningsekspert Dr. Jim Swan – fremskynder udtrækket fra fadet og iltningen, så års lagring koncentreres i hurtige cyklusser. Gennem et omhyggeligt fadprogram, der navnlig omfatter pionerarbejdet med Shave, Toast and Re-char-processen (STR) samt krydrede sherry- og bourbonfade, opnår Kavalan en exceptionel fylde, intens tropisk frugtkarakter og strukturel elegance. Destilleriets toneangivende Solist-serie, herunder særligt Vinho Barrique- og Oloroso Sherry-aftapningerne fra enkeltfade, nyder enorm international anerkendelse.