Kavalan Solist Sherry

Kavalan Selection Bourbon Cask for The Finest Notes

Our friends of The Finest Notes (a Belgian whisky club) have good taste. They already proved that with their Glen Keith bottling a few years ago – and more recently by asking me to host an Auchentoshan tasting at their HQ (just kidding). Now their next club bottling sees the light of day. The looked for a cask from the Far East, coming up with a...

Score 87/100

Kavalan Solist Fino Sherry Cask

A gift sample from a friend- Nose: Very sherried - the wine's quickly apparent - and intensely grapey. The sherry is both sweet and a little dry. There's a strong malty core to it as well, perhaps giving it a sense of youth. Almost a candied/sugar quality. Pleasant nose, even if a little straightforward. (with water) The nose explodes and the...

Score 88/100

Kavalan Solist Ex-Bourbon Cask

Bottle 196/225 Cask BO80908025 Nose: Vanilla, dusty caster sugar, pineapple and coconut. Palate: Sweet, spicy, vanilla with an odd bitter note. It isn't like bitterness you can get from oak, it is a slightly synthetic in nature. Finish: Peppery and medium long. One word...disappointing. I was not a huge fan of the concertmaster and again this is...

Score 82/100

Kavalan 2006 Virgin Oak for The Nectar

The boys and girls of The Nectar, Belgian bottler, knocked on many distilleries’ doors for a special cask for their tenth anniversary last year. Many of those can be found on my blog, but this one was sold out before I was able to get my hands on it. Luckily I found a bottle via social media recently and am very happy that I was able to buy it, as...

Score 91/100