Product description
Yuan Shand Distillery, producer of the exquisite Kavalan whisky, is based in Yilan County, Taiwan.
Built in 2005 by King Car Food Industrial Company, it won 180 medals and awards in its first decade, which in 2015 encouraged the owners to increase production capacity from 1.5 to 4.5 million liters. In 2017, the number of stills was already 20, and the distillation capacity was 9 million liters of alcohol per year. Kavalan Podium is a blend of distillates aged in fresh American oak barrels and in its own refill barrels; we do not know what spirit they were originally filled with. In 2019, Kavalan Podium won a gold medal at the World Spirit Competition in San Francisco.
Nose : fruity and floral, orange blossoms, bananas, tangerines, figs, coconuts, vanilla cream, cappuccino and toasted oak.
Taste: fruity-sweet, mango, passion fruit, cherries, coconuts, ripe grapes, honey, vanilla, a pinch of white pepper and candied ginger.
Finish: quite long, with notes of tropical fruits, vanilla, brown sugar, a touch of cinnamon and a trace of leather.