金車 Kavalan Solist Ex-Bourbon Cask Serge 評分出爐!

83/100, 不錯喔, 價格就 ....., 不過還是值得鼓勵! 

Kavalan 'Solist' (58.8%, OB, Taiwan, bourbon, cask #B070604026, 196 bottles, 2009) Kavalan is a new distillery in Taiwan. Doesn’t its name sound a bit like… Glenfiddich? ;-) Yet, I like the fact that they call a single cask a ‘solist’. Curious about future big bands or philarmonics. Colour: pale gold. Nose: much less expressive than the Amrut but that may come from the high abv. Malt, vanilla, grass and mashed potatoes again as well as a little varnish. Whiffs of new oak (sawdust). With water: more coconut and more eucalyptus. They sure used some high-quality wood. Not excessively vanilled. Mouth (neat): very creamy and oily mouth feel, with typical notes of pear drops and tinned pineapples that are often to be found in youngish malts. Also a little coconut liqueur, vanilla custard and orange syrup. With water: more sweet ginger, vanilla and just a little bubblegum, getting even sweeter after that. Muscat grapes? Finish: long, youthful, very fruity. Haribo confectionary. Comments: right, here's another new non-Scottish malt distillery that do things well. Granted, this is very young spirit but the oak is of high quality. Curious to taste this one with ten more years. SGP:730 – 83 points.