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Kavalan King Car Group 40th Anniversary

Yilan County
Age
No age statement
ABV
46%
Introduced
2022
Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Deep ruby-amber with mahogany highlights; the richest colour in Kavalan's range from premium multi-cask marriage
Nose
The pinnacle — tropical fruit, dried fruit, wine character, dark chocolate, leather, vanilla, toffee. Every Kavalan flavour theme present and harmonised. Rose, clove, aged oak, honey. Master blender Ian Chang's ultimate statement
Palate
Full body. Extraordinary complexity — mango, blackberry, dried fig, dark chocolate, vanilla cream, toffee, wine tannins, leather. Every cask type contributes its best. Aged oak, honey, clove, coconut. Seamless integration — the Kavalan experience distilled into one expression
Finish
Very long finish. Layer after layer — fruit, wine, chocolate, spice, leather, oak. Each sip reveals something new. A collector's whisky and monument to King Car Group's 40-year legacy

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Ultra-premium vatting from King Car Group's finest reserve casks — bourbon
  • sherry
  • wine barriques

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