Rum, compared to distilled spirits such as brandy and whiskey, has the same long history, the same complex flavor, and the same variety of types, but it is far less popular than whisky and brandy: rum is grossly undervalued, and its value has yet to be discovered. I once drank one of the rum in the text, and its taste and flavor are no less than cognac that is more than 20 years old, but its price is only equivalent to a bottle of vsop cognac.
Rum, made from molasses or sugarcane juice, originated in Barbados (dating back to 1651) and is mainly produced in the Caribbean and South America (the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Brazil, etc.). Because of its extremely wild, domineering, flamboyant and other characteristics, rum is known as the "pirate's wine" and has countless fans around the world.
Here's a list of the best rum wines for your reference.
— Best Overall: Appleton Estate 21yo
Origin: Jamaica, ALCOHOL: 43% ABV, International Price: $131
Flavor: Banana banana banana, brown sugar brown sugar, ginger ginger
Launched by Appleton Estate, Jamaica's most respected rum producer, it is an aged rum that has been aged in top American oak barrels for at least 21 years. It has everything you need for a top-quality rum – true complexity and layering, with an incredibly smooth texture and palate, and simply extraordinary spirits. The wine is copper-yellow in color and has a strong mouth, with subtle hints of citrus, spices and wood, as well as mellow notes of orange peel, vanilla, rich nutmeg, hot coffee and cocoa. The aftertaste is long-lasting and dry, with the sweetness of brown sugar.
Best cask finished: diplomatico ambassador
Origin: Venezuela, Alcohol: 47% abv, International Price: $244
Flavor: Dried cherry dried cherry, toasted banana toasted banana, tobacco toastco
Created by tito cordero, one of the world's top blenders, it is matured in Bourbon barrels for at least 12 years and then finished in px sherry barrels for 2 years, with rich brown and sweet scents and warm spices, tobacco and dates.
- Best White: Paranubes rum
Origin: Mexico, Alcohol: 54% abv, International Price: $41
Flavor: Pineapple pineapple, herbal herbal, earthy earthy
A fresh, pure rum from Mexican forests and mountains with aromas of fresh sugar cane, grass, mild woody aromas and delicate and striking menthol. Drinking with ice cubes can also be used to make daiquiri cocktails, which can make the fruit and sweetness of rum more prominent.
- Best splurge: Facundo paraiso xa rum
Origin: Puerto Rico, ALCOHOL: 40% abv, international price: $309
Flavor: Vanilla vanilla, cherry cherry, chocolate chocolate
The highest vintage rum from The Bacardi's facundo range, first aged in American white oak barrels and finished in French cognac barrels before bottling, with a total maturation time of not less than 23 years, refreshing on the palate, with rich but not sweet notes of nutmeg, sultana, dried ginger, vanilla, biscuits, cherries and milk chocolate, rich in flavors of nuts, stewed fruit and salted caramel.
- Best under $200: Flor de cana 25 yo
Origin: Nicaragua, ABV: 40% ABV, International Price: $156
Flavor: Coffee coffee, oak oak, chocolate chocolate
From Flor de cana, Nicaragua, a family-owned brand dating back to 1890, produced using the estate's own grown sugarcane, aged in bourbon barrels for 25 years, unsweetened, unpainted, with a rich fruity taste accompanied by a taste of almonds. It is worth mentioning that the brand is committed to implementing sustainable production to protect traditional rum and the growing environment.
Best under $100: foursquare 2007 single blended
Origin: Barbados, ABV: 59% ABV, International Price: $90
Flavor: Leather cream, banana banana, chocolate chocolate
From the Barbados Quad Square Distillery (foursquare rum distillery), a mixture of molasses rum distilled from handmade copper distillers and distilled from traditional two-column stills, aged for more than 12 years in first, refilled and third-filled bourbon barrels, the barrels are strong, dark amber and rich in cream caramel, charred sage, whole spices, vanilla beans, pipe tobacco. The entrance has a velvety texture with hints of sweetness and spices, as well as notes of caramel, charred cinnamon sticks, whole spices, nutmeg, sage, butter toffee, and a hint of fennel and oak. The aftertaste is medium long and warm with more oak and baking spices.
- Best under $50: Ron Zacapa centenario solera 23 anos rum
Origin: Jedi Bala, Alcohol: 40% abv, International Price: $36
Flavor: Coffee coffee, vanilla vanilla, honey honey
A great rum – won the Platinum Medal and was named number one by Chicago's leading beverage testing agency with a score of 97 points. The 23 in the name represents the upper age cap for this blended rum, ranging from 6 to 23 years, similar to the sherry's aging system, Sorella solarera, where rum ages at a high altitude of 2300 meters.
The best under $30: the real mccoy 5 year old
Origin: Barbados, ABV: 40% ABV, International Price: $24
Flavor: Caramel caramel, almond almond, cinnamon
Any rum from Foursquare is worth hoarding, including this bottle of real McCoy, a brand of rum launched by Quadrisk in partnership with an American company of the same name, matured for 5 years in heavily roasted American oak barrels full of flavor.
- Best flavored: plantation stiggins' fancy pineapple
Origin: Barbados, Tranida, Jamaica, France, ABV: 40% abv, international price: $26
Flavor: Pineapple, vanilla vanilla, caramel caramel
It's a cane plantation tribute to the character Reverend Stiggins, portrayed by Charles Dickens in pickwick papers, whose favorite alcoholic beverage is pineapple rum. The peel of the Queen Victoria pineapple is soaked in white rum for a week, then distilled to produce the liquid, and then the fruit of the pineapple is soaked in black rum for 3 months. Mixed and aged in oak barrels for 3 months, it forms a rich and delicious pineapple floral aroma with smoky notes and aromas of tropical fruits, pineapple, citrus peel and cloves. The entrance has a structural feel of ripe bananas, pineapples and spices, with a smoky aftertaste. Great!
El dorado 21 year old special reserve
Origin: Guyana, ALCOHOL: 43% abv, international price: $109
Flavor: Brown sugar brown sugar, honey honey, spice spice
Launched in 2002, it quickly became one of the best rum on the market due to its full body, exquisite taste and unique quality. Dorado rum is also known as "the liquid gold of Guyana". El dorado (the legendary name of an Indian chief) has been mixing rum for 21 years, two of which: Enmore distilled (wooden Coffey distiller wooden coffey still)) and Versaille distilled spirits (wooden single pot distiller single pot single sooden pot still), the only wooden distiller in the world that can be used. All mixed rum is aged in oak barrels at temperatures of 30°C-34°C for at least 21 years.
- Best Jamaican: Hampden Estate Single Jamaican rum
Origin: Jamaica, ALCOHOL: 46% ABV, International Price: $63
Flavor: Tropical fruit, vanilla, oak oak
Built in 1753, Hampton Estate is one of Jamaica's oldest sugar cane gardens and has been known for more than 300 years for making traditional pot-style heavy flavored rum. Aged for at least 7 years in tropical climates (said to age more than 3 times faster than in Europe), this rum is unsweetened and colored, has a rich tropical fruit flavor and a deep and complex taste.
- Best Solera Aged: Santa Teresa 1796 solera rum
Origin: Venezuela, ALCOHOL: 40% ABV, International Price: $47
Flavor: Cherry cherry, vanilla vanilla, banana banana banana
Hacienda santa teresa in northern Venezuela was founded in 1796. Santa Teresa 1796 Soleila Rum is made from fresh cane juice, distilled in a copper pot still, and finally matured by a Sorella system of French oak barrels, with sweet caramel and creamy vanilla aromas, as well as toffee, cherry and raisin flavors. On the palate it is filled with notes of dried fruit (especially oranges), molasses and berries, gradually fading toffee, chocolate and cinnamon. The aftertaste is long and layered, with dark chocolate and caramel flavors.
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