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Kavalan's most accessible expression — the entry point to Taiwan's most celebrated distillery.
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Joe Whitfield
April 10, 2026
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Kavalan at cask strength from a single bourbon barrel — tropical intensity and extraordinary depth.
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April 10, 2026
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Kavalan's purest expression — ex-bourbon cask maturation letting the tropical distillery character shine.
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April 10, 2026
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Kavalan's port cask expression — tropical fruit meets ruby port in Taiwan's subtropical climate.
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April 10, 2026
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Part of Kavalan's prestigious Solist range, this Taiwanese single malt is matured fully in oloroso sherry casks under th...
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April 10, 2026
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A vatting of Kavalan single malt aged in three different sherry cask types — oloroso, Pedro Ximénez and Moscatel — for a...
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April 10, 2026
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Matured in re-charred American oak wine barriques, this Solist took the title of World's Best Single Malt at the World W...
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April 10, 2026
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Kavalan's flagship single cask sherry — oloroso butt aged under Yilan's subtropical sun, bottled at full cask strength. ...
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April 10, 2026
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Single cask, cask strength, bourbon barrel — the Kavalan expression that stunned the whisky world and keeps on stunning.
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April 10, 2026
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The darker sibling — red fruit, dried cherry and a wine-cask warmth that pulls you deeper into Yilan's subtropical magic...
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April 10, 2026
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The gateway to Kavalan's subtropical universe — tropical fruit, vanilla and a warmth that feels unmistakably Yilan.
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April 10, 2026
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Kavalan's Port-finished single malt — a subtropical Taiwanese whisky in conversation with Portuguese fortified wine, and...
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April 10, 2026