Appleton Estate Rare Casks 12 Year Old Rum (43%)

Appleton Estate has been producing rum since at least 1749, making it the oldest distillery in Jamaica to distil without interruption since its inception. Master Blender at Appleton since 1997 is Joy Spence, remarkably the first woman ever to hold the position.

Located in the Nassau Valley, Appleton Estate produces sugar in addition to rum. The sugar cane is grown on an area of 45 km² and processed in its own refinery. For the rum production, the house's own molasses is used, which is fermented for more than 36 hours using our own grown yeasts. Distillation takes place in both pot and column stills. They control all steps of the production process – the cultivation of sugar cane, water from their own well, fermentation, distillation and storage – giving Appleton complete control over their own product.

On the nose, dried fruit (dried apricots, dates, plums), ripe banana, brown sugar, orange and forest honey. In addition to these sweet aromas, there is a spicy component in the glass: old leather sofa, pipe tobacco, coffee, nutmeg, cardamom, oak and cocoa.

In the mouth an interplay between sweetness and spices: liquorice, honey and a sour sweetness of whole cane sugar, which increasingly turns into burnt caramel. Lots of oak, old leather and bitter almonds. in addition, traditional spices such as cinnamon, anise and cloves, followed by the cocoa, tobacco and coffee notes. The fruit notes remain discreetly in the background, a little orange, apple and dried fruit can be perceived.