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Kavalan Distillery Reserve Rum Cask

Taiwanese Single Malt Yilan County
Age
No age statement
ABV
40%
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Kavalan Distillery Reserve Rum Cask

This bottle's own signature across the twelve-axis Spirit Map — not the distillery average, but this exact expression.

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Warm gold with honey-amber highlights; rum cask gives slightly deeper colour than standard reserve
Nose
Tropical on tropical — banana, pineapple, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla, coconut. Rum cask amplifies Kavalan's inherent tropical character. Toffee, gentle spice, dried mango
Palate
Light to medium body. Brown sugar, banana, toffee, molasses, pineapple, coconut. Rum cask sweetness marries beautifully with Kavalan's tropical profile. Warm vanilla, gentle spice, remarkably smooth
Finish
Medium finish. Brown sugar, tropical fruit, vanilla, gentle warmth. Rum and tropical spirit are natural partners — this finish works brilliantly

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Ex-rum casks — rum cask finish adds Caribbean sweetness to Taiwanese spirit

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