Kavalan Single Cask Whisky World Exclusive: Review
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Kavalan single cask distillery bottling for the Whisky World, Cask # S081223027. Aged for 10 years in an epic sherry cask. Comes in at 59.4% with only 421 released.
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This is the GOAT of whisky reviews! Goosebumps the whole 30mins. That’s real PASSION I tell ya!
you're still the only person I sampled this out to. 🤣🤣
@@topshelfwhisky Lmaoooooooooooooooooooo
I have gone through dozens of Oloroso sherry Soloist bottles over the past 5 years, some young and some old. Each cask is a little different but they are all aged in one or two warehouses. Some needed opening-up time; a few were great from the get go, others needed some time on the shelf or hours in the glass. For me, an over-powering note will recede after a few months and not crowd out the other aspects of Kavalan expressions. I walked into the Kavalan outlet store in my town last month (I live in Taiwan) and asked for the Amontillado. To my surprise the sales clerk said they were sold out. It seems other people are hording their favorite Kavalan to consume for life.
I just picked up the Amontillado last week and man that whisky is candied. We have reviewed the PX/ Moscatel / Manzanella all great whisky.
@@topshelfwhisky all we need now is virgin oak, rum, fino, peated....and likely more lol. Oh shucks, more kavalan to drink!
Ice cold to only do this review after all the bottles are gone! :)
Normally I like to share but sometimes things are just that important ;)
I live in Taiwan. The Kavalan Solist lineup is very easy to find throughout the country. It's roughly 110usd and at the distillery you can get a bottle for just under 100usd. If anyone ever visits Taiwan, a day trip to the distillery might be worth it.
Is it far from Tapei? I have 48 48-hour stopover later this summer.
Nothing like a finding a Whisky you like this much for a fair price these days!!!
16 bottles? WOW
Sometimes things are just that important 😉
I have a kavalan sherry single barrel that is 8 years and 11 months old and it’s amazing, I would have killed for this 10 years. Sounds amazing.
Tried excellent whisky from this distillery from 5 to 10 years old. So many right choices
Wowwwww sounds like quite the whisky! I love the line "You could get hit in the mouth and bleed, and this will take care of it." 🤣
Forgot to say the epic peated whisky was from Amrut :)
Surprised Dustin doesn’t have that one
Thanks Dustin for the tip and glad I picked up 2 bottles when they had them. Great Dram, wish I bough more.
That is a spectacular bottle. I'm part of that "people we know, or us" that bought a lot of these.
Fun review! All whisky lovers have a story or two of their epic malt moments. They propel us to seek more. Even though I can’t share in this one, I’m happy to have a few bottles stashed of one you put on par, the Cadenhead Highland Park 28. Lastly, one of my epic moments followed a full day of motorcycle riding through backroads of mid- and so-cal. We stopped in an Ojai hotel w/ a balcony, and I had brought a Blackadder, cask strength, peated, single barrel whisky (that btw won Malt Maniac’s 2015 premium best award). The whisky and overall malt moment were unforgettable. I’ve a few of those stashed, as well :) Cheers!
So true! That HP28 is one of my favorite whiskies as you probably know. Also had some special Blackadder's, that Islay 10 year was one I heavily bought.
It was about 2 years ago when I told ya about how crazy these sherry solists are...just the best for the price. Nothing really comes close!
Currently enjoying a Kavalan single barrel port cask, 6yr. Outstanding. I agree with your general assessment, they do need some time after the neck pour. Holds water beautifully.
Port does so well with the Kavalan spirit
Personally have never had a Kavalan Solist "miss". Have found each one truly special. Thanks for such a great review.
Misses are few but they exist. Most are degrees of winning
Great review. Glad you have a Patreon now where you can pass on tips like this 🥃
I let everybody know about Bunna 12 cs / Hazelburn 15 and Longrow Red 15 well before they posted on YT… hopefully that’s some value. 😉
@@topshelfwhisky 100%. I grabbed 3 bottles of the Bunna 12 CS 2022 and will be forever grateful!
Damn, that looks dark & delicious!! As much as I like your reviews and detailed notes, even better seeing you ENJOY this so much! CHEERS!
You try this one DJ?
@@topshelfwhisky No, never tried any Kavalan. Guess I need to find something from them.
@@djbeacon1942 I’ll send you a sample
@@topshelfwhisky FANTASTIC! Any other Kavalans you would recommend that might be available around here, like their King Car? THANKS!!
If it's cs it's a buy, though look for sales as they get expensive fast in Tyr states.
This is one of my all time favorite Sherry bombs and an epic Kavalan. What’s your favorite SB?
For Big Sherry, my favorite so far is Arran's Sherry Cask The Bodega. And close would be Springbank 15.
Favorite Sherry bomb to date is a Highland Park 12 single cask 66% first fill European oak sherry hogshead that K&L put out in 2019. It's so sherry that you have to struggle to get the heather peat that HP has once in 5 dram's. Wish I had bought a couple more of them. One 4oz sample left. Sent Keith a sample of it last year. Cheers guy's
Kavalan Solist is hit or miss for me. When it hits, it’s superb but when it misses it is equally bad. Definitely one to try before you buy. Great review.
If you enjoy Oak this one is solid of a hit as they come, Mike. Cheers
Probably the longest review I remember watching in your channel other than comparisons and that just tells how epic this whisky is, Wish I could try it at some point.
Amongst the Solists I was only able to get my hands on Manzanilla and Amontillado based on Dustin reviews and they’re both amazing. Despite being expensive for 6 year old whisky both of them worth the price tag.
Like to see more of these epic long reviews, cheers
And I cut 8 minutes off 😳 but you are correct, this one is a favorite. The Manzanilla was excellent.
That sounds amazing guys. Wow. Are they all gone?
Secondary and auctions at this point.
Great review guys! Love this bottle so much I had to pick up a second. One of my favorites to share with friends to show them what Kavalan is all about.
Backup of this one is necessary. If I didn't at-least have a second maybe not knowing would be better. 😉
Enjoyed this review. Only had the classic. Cheers gents.
Our pleasure!
Great review guys. I purchased two bottles and will be opening my second bottle this week.
Great buy
Loved this one. I see it is now out of stock. They had it listed for a long time. Hopefully the guys at The Whisky World will bring us another one. Cheers guys!
Waited until it was sold out before reviewing 😉
Sometimes things are just that important.
@@topshelfwhisky Genius! Have either one of you tried the Solist Port cask?
@@travisfaircloth fairly sure Dustin just picked that up.
@@travisfaircloth we did a NJ only review of one and I have one of the much much cheaper bottles that whisky world has now, just opened it, and I fear it isn't long for this world.
@@topshelfdustin3060 As good as the Sherry Solist? You have the Concertmaster Port finish 40%? I haven't had good luck with port casks across the board. I like sherry better but I bet their Port Solist would be on another level.
Epic review, boys. Just Epic..
Thanks Man! a lot of fun to review
Pretty sad I missed out on this. Had it on my radar for a while but wasn't in a position to actually buy it and have it shipped out to me until it had already sold out.
Maybe sometime
Huge fanboy of Kavalan (by far my favorite malt whisky distillery out there, and like you guys said, there's arguably nobody out there releasing better quality sherry finished malts right now). Unfortunately, this specific pick didn't do it for me. I found the finish to completely overshadow the spirit's original malt character. Having had quite a few other Kavalan sherry picks, I've never experienced that before. Still, I'm picking up every Kavalan pick that I come across. Great review! Cheers guys!
As we also noted, we knew this wouldn't be for everyone so I get it!
You have to really like old oak notes to enjoy this is one. Something for everyone at this Distillery.
Definitely! Coming from the bourbon world, mature oak is probably my favorite quality in most spirits. For me, this one was just left in that wet sherry cask for too long. The oak and malt are drowned in the sherry.
This specific barrel was the first and only miss I've had with any Kavalan. Still, I'm grabbing every Kavalan release I can. Their attention to qaulity cask selection is honestly honestly second to none.
Impressive... and even more impressive is the price... This stuff is to expensive in Cali. Can you share how we can order them from overseas without paying ridiculous auction, customs and fees?
just have to look for online retailors with bottles available. Shipping can be rough but still better than buying in the states.
@@topshelfdustin3060 any recos on trusted online retailers?
@@scnullois I've never had a bad experience. Fine Drams, The Whisky Exchange, Master of Malt (not sure if they will ever ship to the states again), this bottle was from whisky world, but seriously the list is never ending.
@@topshelfdustin3060 thanks a lot for the tip
Love this whisky 😍
Love it. Dustin turn you on to this one?
@@topshelfwhisky of course
Me too, What a fool 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@topshelfwhisky ‘I want to drink this whisky for the rest of my life’ 100% yes!
Great video, wish I was able to pick one up. Looking to get a celebration bottle for under $1500, any suggestions?
Well that figure will give you quite a few options. What are your favorite distilleries?
@@topshelfwhisky I've enjoyed Highland Park, Glengoyne, Talisker, Glendronach, tried a cask strength linkwood matured in exbourbon that I thoroughly enjoyed, but I am really open to trying anything.
I typically like most balanced whiskies and sherry bombs, but do not venture very far into the peat. I like some peat but not when its super overpowering like in octomores and young islays.
Thanks for the reply, been enjoying the channel for a while now.
@@questionable9668 talisker 25 CS from the early 2000's can be found around that price point or at least last time I looked.
@@topshelfdustin3060 I'll be sure to check it out, thanks!
Dustin, out of curiosity (the color reminded me of it) have you ever tried an Old Crow Chessmen from 1969?
I"ve had old crow chessmen, not sure the year though., Was pretty good.
First of all i really like your videos, especially on the kavalans. i have some solist as well and like them all really, but only the base solists (ex bourbon, olorosso sherry, port cask and the vinho barrique) and the podium. port cask and vinho barrique are my favourites here. i have noticed that the port cask from mine is pretty old destilled 2010 and bottle 2021 at 56.3 % (cask no. O101001015A and bottled 2021.06.) so it seems over 11 years old which is really old for a kavalan. i don't know if this is something special or not, because port casks are bigger then sherry casks . what do you guys think about it? and i am from germany and i would recommend you elsburn whisky made in germany. they use really good casks and the whisky is really cask driven. examples are the malaga cask 8 years or the iberica both cask strength. elsburn and kavalan for me right now are the go to whiskys if i want heavily cask driven whiskys.
An 11 year port is really old. I have had a couple and none were anywhere close to that age. And I'll keep an eye out of those German whiskies
Great review, fellas. Any idea where we can still get these bad boys? I've searched the net but haven't found anything.
All sold out on whisky world but I would check auction sites. Good to hear from you Mike!
@@topshelfwhisky Thanks, guys. Love the video's you two keep pumping out. You guys need to hunt down the MICHEL COUVREUR BLOSSOMING AULD SHERRIED that Mike and Narby rave about. I'd be interested to see how that goes up against this Kavalan. Cheers.
@@michaelmanganiello8209 those guys drink epic but I will see what I can do.
I would be interested to know how much whisky Mike is drinking if he has drank 9 (13 brought down to 40% abv) bottles of this alone in a year and a half bearing in mind he has not been sharing much and must have drank so much other whisky (based on the other reviews). However much I like a bottle I never get a second and want to save my liver to try something else.
Last year or so only three or four days per month. A lot a sharing on those days. This Kavalan probably 20% of the whisky i've consumed in total over the last two years... goes well after Lagavulin 25 ;)
@@topshelfwhisky I would be interested in your and Dustin thoughts on the Michel Couvreur sherried whiskies. I agree with the Malt Review guys that they are the nearest you can get today to 18 year Macallan from a decade or so ago.
wow,!! where can I get a bottle of this?
Sold out at WW but auction sites shops have have some.
How on earth do they get it so dark in only 10 years
Climate and casks I would imagine.
I'd compare 10 years there to about 30 on a normal scotch.
Yilan in Taiwan gets extremely hot and humid, they lose alot of whisky due to evaporation every year. the maturation compared to scotland is approx 2.5x-3x faster.
No dunnage warehousing at kavalan
The whisky gave the impression, taste it and I’m guessing the taste will have similarities.
We’re can I find one of these?
Only 421 bottles may have to look at auction sites.
Sold out. Just running in these two men’s veins presently.
Edit: The release is so limited, I doubt it would come up on auction sites. Just buy any solist, they are all very good at CS.
@@krishnar3493 yeah this time they waited to long to let us know. Lol. What do you think? What is the next best whisky? I know of 3 they don’t know of that would be a 92. You want to know?
@@jonahartistdavis1858 Yes. Had they posted the review while it was in stock, that would have lasted max 3 hours. Yeah, sure sir. Please share.