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K
Kaleva
7 8 15
Review
Star 9.0
September 9, 2019

Nose

Sweet, waxy, a lot of fresh juicy fruits (yellow plums and apples, white grapes), a touch of vanilla, citrus zest, honey notes, some minerality, a bit of sour oak. Water amplifies honey and fruits, also releases some floral notes (chamomile)

Palate

Slightly sweet, spicy (white and rose peppers), oily and slightly mineral, fruit soda, beeswax, dried apples, oatmeal with apple bites, lemon peel marmalade, quite strong oak

Finish

Medium-long, getting dry quickly, somewhat herbal, leathery notes, fruit jam, dry tobacco and gentle slightly bitter oak

Conclusion

Excellent bottling, mature, complex and rich. Oak is quite vivid here but it’s rather soft and well-integrated. Easy going on the full strengths, this whisky, however, tastes better diluted to 43-45%. Expensive and hard to find but definitely worth hunting.