This is the first cask that House of Rum ever bottled, so for them this is the most valuable and important cask. So much so that it deserved a special gift box with its own unique decanter and two hand-made 24% lead, Cumbria Crystal Glasses.

 Its maturation journey is long and varied. First distilled in Venezuela in 2005 at the CADC distillery, the Rum was placed into French Oak casks which had previously held Brandy and it remained in Venezuela tropically ageing for eight years before travelling north to the island of the Dominican Republic for a further four years of maturation under the warm Caribbean sun.

In 2017 it was shipped across the Atlantic where it remained in an ex-Brandy cask continentally ageing in the much cooler European climate for a further five years before being bottled by House of Rum in 2021.

Nose – Enticing aromas of stone and tropical fruits, followed by warm spicy notes and a subtle, pleasant, peppery character.

Palate – remarkably smooth for its strength, with woody notes contributing to both sweetness and a certain tannic quality, which counterbalance each other. Tropical fruits and caramel syrup flavours lead to a firm dark chocolate note on the finish.