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Kavalan 15th Anniversary

Yilan County
Age
No age statement
ABV
46%
Introduced
2023
Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Deep amber with ruby-copper highlights; complex multi-cask marriage gives rich, layered colour
Nose
Celebration of Kavalan's range — tropical fruit, dried fruit, wine character, vanilla, chocolate, orange peel. Vinho barrique adds wine complexity, sherry adds depth, bourbon adds cream. Multilayered and evolving. Rose, leather, toffee
Palate
Full body. Complex marriage — mango, dried fig, blackberry, dark chocolate, vanilla cream, toffee. Wine barrique plum and cherry, sherry raisin and walnut, bourbon vanilla and coconut. All three cask types discernible yet harmonious. Kavalan's finest blending achievement
Finish
Very long finish. Layers resolve slowly — fruit, wine, chocolate, spice. Leather and rose at close. A fitting tribute to 15 years of world-class tropical maturation

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Rare cask selection — ex-bourbon
  • ex-sherry
  • and vinho barrique casks married for 15th anniversary in 2023

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