Kavalan Solist Vinho Year of The Tiger
$334.99
2022 is the Year of the Water Tiger in the 12-year Chinese Zodiac Cycle. A year named for such a majestic animal deserves to be commemorated with a majestic malt, right? Enter Kavalan, Taiwan's juggernaut of exotic single malts whisky. There are few distilleries anywhere carving out such a unique and instantly identifiable profile. Each successive special release seems to sell out quicker than the last.
Kavalan's Solist series is one of the most coveted single cask ranges on the market, and rightly so. The Vinho Barrique expression (Portuguese wine casks, for those of us who may be less linguistically gifted) caught the whisky world sleeping a few years back and immediately started racking up accolades all over the world. The real secret is in the STR process (shave/toast/rechar), which allows not just a complete cask revitalization, but an entirely unique flavour profile.
A beautiful and very limited laser etched bottling of only 198 bottles, specially selected by Truth Malters' Larry Schoen.
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