Taiwan’s pride and joy, Kavalan’s Double Gold award-winning King Car Conductor, has unveiled a new packaging design.
King Car Conductor was one of five Kavalans to scoop Double Gold at the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, making it the fourth SFWSC Double Gold awarded to this expression.
First launched in 2011, King Car Conductor is the first Kavalan whisky released that pays tribute to its parent company King Car Group.
Matured and vatted from multiple oak barrels, this expression delivers delicate notes of papaya, banana, and green apple with rich and floral complexities. The label design presents “King Car Conductor” written in a semi-cursive Chinese calligraphic script in gold, paired with flowing lines referencing the Snow Mountain where Kavalan sources its mineral-rich meltwaters.
The 22nd SFWSC drew about 5,000 spirits from more than 40 countries, which were assessed by 70 judges, making it the biggest SFWSC contest so far.
Kavalan SFWSC 2022 results:
Double Gold
- King Car Conductor Single Malt Whisky
- Kavalan Podium Single Malt Whisky
- Kavalan Solist ex-Bourbon Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
- Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
- Kavalan Distillery Reserve Peated Malt Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
Gold
- Kavalan Concertmaster Port Cask Finish Single Malt Whisky
- Kavalan Concertmaster Sherry Cask Finish Single Malt Whisky
- Kavalan Solist Fino Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
- Kavalan Solist Brandy Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
- Kavalan Solist Amontillado Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
- Kavalan Solist PX Sherry Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
King Car Conductor Single Malt Whisky historical double gold or higher results in SFWSC:
- 2015 Double Gold
- 2018 Double Gold & Best Other Single Malt
- 2021 Double Gold
- 2022 Double Gold
Kavalan Distillery in Yilan County has been pioneering the art of single malt whisky in Taiwan since 2005.
The whisky, aged in intense humidity and heat, sources the meltwaters of Snow Mountain and is enhanced by sea and mountain breezes. All this combines to create Kavalan’s signature creaminess.
Taking Yilan County’s old name, their distillery is backed by about 40 years of beverage-making under the parent company, King Car Group. To-date they have collected more than 650 gold awards or higher from the industry’s most competitive contests.
Source : Kavalan