The World’s Best Single Malt - Kavalan Vinho Barrique: Whisky Review #52 Tasting & Food Pairing HD

WELCOME BACK TO THE WHISKY COUCH With GUSTAV MULLER as your host Also on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thewhiskycouch/?ref=br_tf Also on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewhiskycouch KAVALAN SOLIST VINHO BARRIQUE CASK STRENGTH - BEST SINGLE MALT IN THE WORLD THE DISTILLERY The King Car Kavalan distillery, founded in 2005, situated in Yilan County, Taiwan and owned by King Car Food Industrial Co. The distillery’s visiting center won the Whisky Magazine Whisky attraction of the year in 2011 – 1million visitors per year THIS WHISKY Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique cask strength At the 2015 World Whiskies Awards it received the ‘World’s Best Single Malt Whisky’ award Kavalan is named after the indigenous people who originally inhabited this North Eastern corner of the island: the Kavalan. The bottle contains a Cask and bottle number It was matured in White Oak casks, air seasoned for 2 years and soaked with some of the world’s finest Red & White wines and re-toasted and re-charred ABV 57.1% Non-Chill filtered and Natural colour COLOUR Deep autumn gold NOSE Vanilla, caramelized sugars, basket of dark fruit (red grapes, black berries, plums, dates), ripe tropical fruits, complex, fruit cake, baking spices, raisins, sherry TASTE Complex, little youthfulness detected, peppery oak spice, sweet and rich, brown caramel syrup, fruity dark chocolate, caramelized fruit, raisins, spiced vanilla, barley cereal, smooth, butterscotch, Christmas spices, toasted nuts FINISH Complex, LONG and luxurious, warm, creamy, fruity dark chocolate, ends with peppery oak spice, slightly dry WITH WATER: Nose: grape candy Taste: even more creamy The Kavalan Solist range is outstanding COST: … $270-300 … £200 … R2200 FOOD PAIRING RECOMMENDATIONS Fruitcake, warmed up hot cross buns with dark berry jam, spicy tuna sushi with soy sauce and ginger, pecan pie, apple crumble To comply with Google Adsense policy this video is an independent and unbiased whisky review based on personal opinion only. It is not an advertisement to sell the product.