Kavalan · Taiwan
Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique Taiwanese Whisky 54.8% 700ml
- WWA | World Whiskies Awards | 2015 World's Best Single Malt Whisky - SFWSC | San Francisco World Spirits Competition | 2023 Double Gold Medal, 2024 Gold Medal, 2025 Double Gold Medal
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| Style | Cask strength, Single malt |
|---|---|
| Grain | Malt |
| Region | Yuanshan |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Producer | Kavalan |
| Established | 2005 |
| ABV | 54.8% |
| Size | 700ml |
Tasting note
When Solist Vinho Barrique was crowned World's Best Single Malt at the 2015 World Whiskies Awards, Taiwanese whisky arrived on the global stage. Kavalan takes American oak barriques that once held red and white wine, then shaves, toasts and re-chars them before filling. Each bottle is hand-filled at cask strength from a single cask, with no chill filtration or added colouring.
In the Glass
- Nose: Jammy and deep, plum, blackcurrant and cherries, with caramelised sugar, vanilla and a touch of sandalwood.
- Palate: Full and big: tannic red wine and stewed red fruit meet sweet clove, cinnamon and liquorice, with a peppery edge.
- Finish: Lingering and long, ripe fruit, nuts and dark chocolate.
At a Glance
- Distillery: Kavalan, Yilan County, Taiwan
- Range: Solist, single cask
- Cask: American oak barriques that previously held wine (shaved, toasted & re-charred)
- Strength: Cask strength, which differs from cask to cask (usually 50 to 60% ABV)
- Bottling: No added colouring, non-chill filtered
- Size: 700ml
Delivery information
Most orders leave within 2 to 7 business days depending on the item. If anything is delayed we will tell you.
Free delivery on orders over $499, anywhere in Australia except the Northern Territory, which we do not deliver to. Standard rates apply below that and are calculated at checkout.
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Alcohol can only be delivered to a person aged 18 or over. The courier may ask for photo ID and will not leave your order unattended. We do not offer authority to leave on alcohol orders.
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Case minimums
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KAVALAN DISTILLERY
Kavalan is Taiwan’s pioneering single malt distillery, founded in 2005 in Yilan County, on the island’s north-east coast. Backed by the King Car Group’s decades in the drinks business, it set out to prove that world-class whisky could come from somewhere warm, wet and nothing like Scotland. Twenty years on, the whisky world agrees.
The Name
The name comes from the Kavalan people, the first inhabitants of the Yilan plain. Their name means “people of the flatland.”
The land sits between the Snow Mountain range and the Pacific Ocean, giving the distillery cold mountain spring water and salty sea air.
The ambition is to be a distillery that lasts a hundred years.
The Craft
The distillery was built in just nine months. From the start, it took advice from the late Dr Jim Swan, one of whisky’s most respected consultants, whose thinking on wood and climate shaped the Kavalan style.
That style is built on unpeated barley, copper pot stills designed for a lighter, fruit-forward spirit, and an obsessive focus on casks. Bourbon, sherry, port and wine barriques are all used, and Kavalan aims to hold the most complete range of sherry-cask, cask-strength whiskies anywhere.
The Whisky
In Yilan’s subtropical heat and humidity, spirit and oak work together far faster than in cooler climates. Kavalan calls this “maturity redefined”: rich, complex whisky in a fraction of the usual time. The price is a heavy angel’s share, with much more lost to evaporation each year than in Scotland. The mineral-rich mountain water adds the creamy texture that runs through every bottling.
The results speak for themselves. Kavalan has passed 1,000 gold medals or higher, and was named Distiller of the Year at the 2026 World Whiskies Awards.