Kavalan

Kavalan Solist Manzanilla Single Sherry Cask 9 Year Old, Manzanilla Sherry Cask, Cask No. MA150702061A, 2024, 58.6%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 43
Average Score
Avg 92
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Description

A full-strength Manzanilla Sherry single cask (No.MA150702061A) bottling from the much-desired Kavalan Taiwanese distillery. The cask yielded 414 bottles at 58.6% ABV. The distillery was completed in December 2005. It produced its first spirit in March 2006, and released its first bottling in December 2008. The distillery has since been named by Whisky Magazine as the World Icons of Whisky "Whisky ...

Overall Rating
89.3/100
Great89.3 / 100

Based on 4 published Maltiply reviews.

Maltiply Tasting Profile
Nose
Clear honeydew melon, complex fruity flavour with toffee and cocoa. Salted caramel, buttercream, toasted fig soda bread, sherried Marcona almonds, ginger tea with hot honey. Fresh fruit, chopped herbs, coffee beans, green apples. Concentrated golden grape juice, malt, nuts, sherry sweetness, brown sugar, spice, brûlée, earthy undertones, red raisins.
Palate
Balanced, slightly salty, intense sweetness with vanilla, orange, melon, mint, and fresh fruit complexity. Spicy raisin nut cake, hot honey on toast, minerals. Citrus peel, strawberry liquorice, sea-salt. Gourmet fruit leather, sherry sweetness, malt, nuts, vanilla taffy, spices, caramel, brown sugar, cocoa.
Finish
Cider, coastal, lightly salty. Warming, epic, very long with spicy raisin nut cake, hot honey on toast, minerals. Juicy raisins, damson jam. Long waves of sherry, raisin heavy dark fruit, nuts, and malt.
Change+59.1%
LatestSGD 476
HighSGD 476
LowSGD 299
SGD 497SGD 424SGD 351SGD 278Price (SGD)Observed dateOct 21Dec 15Oct 21 - SGD 299 - Whisky.Auction - Oct 21, 2025Dec 15 - SGD 476 - Just Whisky Auctions - Dec 15, 2025

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Listed value is based on sold auction prices and inclusive of auction fees (not including tax and shipping).

Just Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Dec 15, 2025SGD 476.24
Whisky.AuctionAuction Sold Price - Oct 21, 2025SGD 299.38
Cask type
Sherry
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Unpeated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
MA150702061A
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
414
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Wooden Box
Series highlights
Solist
Historical context
N.A
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Clear honeydew melon, complex fruity flavour with toffee and cocoa. Salted caramel, buttercream, toasted fig soda bread, sherried Marcona almonds, ginger tea with hot honey. Fresh fruit, chopped herbs, coffee beans, green apples. Concentrated golden grape juice, malt, nuts, sherry sweetness, brown sugar, spice, brûlée, earthy undertones, red raisins.
Palate
Balanced, slightly salty, intense sweetness with vanilla, orange, melon, mint, and fresh fruit complexity. Spicy raisin nut cake, hot honey on toast, minerals. Citrus peel, strawberry liquorice, sea-salt. Gourmet fruit leather, sherry sweetness, malt, nuts, vanilla taffy, spices, caramel, brown sugar, cocoa.
Finish
Cider, coastal, lightly salty. Warming, epic, very long with spicy raisin nut cake, hot honey on toast, minerals. Juicy raisins, damson jam. Long waves of sherry, raisin heavy dark fruit, nuts, and malt.
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