Devin Bray

9.3

Beautiful balance between sherry and campfire smoke. Gorgeous and poised and worth every penny. — 8 years ago

Christian Fischer

9.3

Only for special occasion. Good or bad. This one is still special — 9 years ago

Ryan Stewart

8.9

Mahogany color. Smooth and soft aromas and flavors of toasted cereal, red fruits, caramel, toffee, honey, chestnut, and Nutella. Long finish, mouth drying but not overpowering tannins. — 9 years ago

Jess Motter

10

Very caramel nose, roasted peat, candied pear, orange peel, cinnamon & a little bit of iodine, and then a very malty finish! — 9 years ago

Brian Boothe

9.1

A solid bang for the buck tipple. — 10 years ago

Don Elton Lott

9.3

Just the right amount of peat, vanilla, cinnamon, burnt orange skin and smoke. A phenomenal bottle! — 10 years ago

Will Flanagan

10

Holy cock tease. — 11 years ago

Heidi McLain

9.0

Smooth and smoky, from the Isle of Skye. Another one of the whiskies we tasted at the November Old Line Scotch Club meeting. #talisker #tenyear #whisky #oldlinescotchclub — 9 years ago

Sam Stoppelmoor

9.4

Excellent. — 9 years ago

with Brian and Connor

Marc Vacossin

9.1

Nice Nice Nice ! — 9 years ago

Matt Sterr

8.9

Somewhere between saline and smoke. — 9 years ago

Dan Lipton

9.0

Solid single malt scotch. Chocolate flavor. Smooth. — 9 years ago

Stephanie Reichin

9.3

Tastes better when drunk in London with your brother in law — 10 years ago

Michael Kotrady

9.3

Amarone cask finished? So silky & sexy that it's almost not Scotch.
— 11 years ago

Antonio Borja

9.6

Love it!!!! — 12 years ago

Florian Perolini

9.1

In English and French.

Whisky !

- Kavalan Solist Vinho barrique. 59.4%
Single Malt. Taïwan.
Matured in White and Red wine oak.
Distilled in mars 2010. Bottled july 2015.
212 bottles in the world.
Single Cask. Cask Strenght.

Taïwan is an isle south Est of China.
Kavalan is in the North. Hot and wet climate.
The Angels'share is more important : 10% each year. Scotland : 1% each year.
And the maturation is faster. For exemple, a 7 years old Kavalan Whisky will look like to a 18+ years old Scotch. Impressive.

Best Single malt and best of the best for the 2015 world whiskys ?

The fact ???
Lets try it !!

The color is impressive. Dark brown. Beautiful.

Just 2 cl in the glass and ... explosion !
Old cedar, pine wood, nuts, fresh vanilla, passion fruit, mango and coconut, red fruits to !!. Original.
Love it !

59.4% alcool.... strong, but fatty, so easy to drink. Red fruits, cherry, pine wood, exotics fruits : mango and passion fruit.
Nice balance, you can feel a little sweet sensation.
The finish : cassis, dark chocolate and leather.
Long, very long.

An impressive whisky with high density and good complexity. Best whisky in the world??? That's totaly subjective. For me ? No, but one of the best i ever tried !

Now, in France the price is around 250 euros. Dont know for other country.


☆ Kavalan Solist Vinho barrique. 59.4%
Cask Strength. Single Cask
Distillé en 2010. Édition 2015. 212 bouteilles pour le monde.
Taïwan.
Whisky élevé dans des fûts de vin blanc et rouge.

Taïwan est une île au Sud Est de la Chine.
La distillerie Kavalan se situe au Nord Est.
Climat chaud et humide.
La part des anges est de 10% par an, par comparaison, elle est de 1% en Écosse.
La maturité y est aussi plus rapide, un whisky de 7 ans est comparable en complexité à un whisky de plus de 18 ans en Écosse !

Alors !? Meilleur whisky du monde 2015 ?
Qu'en est-il ?

Après avoir juste versé 2 cl dans mon verre, le bouquet à littéralement envahi la pièce.
Vieux cèdre, sapin du sud-ouest, aiguilles de pin. La noix, gousse de vanille, Fruits rouges. Puis, très exotique, sur la mangue, le fruit de la passion et la noix de coco. On s'y perd ! Puissance aromatique énorme !

59.4% c'est beaucoup! Mais finalement quelle douceur, c'est gras.
Les arômes de cerice et de fruits rouges lancent le bal, le sapin, les fruits exotiques : mangue et fruits de la passion.
La finale s'étire très longuement sur le cassis cuit, le chocolat noir, le cuire et la banane flambée.

C'est très impressionnant !

Alors meilleur whisky du monde 2015 ??? C'est une question de goût ;, subjectif.
Pour moi, non, mais fait parti des meilleurs whiskys que j'ai pu déguster à ce jour.

Un grand whisky ! Comptez 250 euros en France....

À bientôt.
Florian. — 9 years ago

Ryan Stewart

9.0

Rose gold. Rich aromas and flavors of cherry liquor, cocoa, cereal, vanilla extract, chestnut, blackberry, and a hint of butterscotch. Medium + finish. — 9 years ago

Nic Tan

9.4

Very delicious, even in the Malaysian heat. A small ice cube gently brings it to life. — 9 years ago

Daoud Sangwa

Sommelier Whole Foods Market

9.4

Best pairing ever. Listening to Fela Kuti and drinking this scotch brings back very good memories:) — 10 years ago

Mo Daly

9.1

Campfire ash peat in all their glory — 11 years ago

Kavi Harshawat

9.3

Very sweet for a Whisky but light. — 12 years ago

with Brynn and Chris