VENEZUELA 2005
Cask Number 43 Rotation Number 17/V376
140 Bottles
Cask Strength 57% abv
Bottled in 2021
Distillery: Corporation Alcohols del Caribe Distillery (CADC), Venezuela
A UNIQUE DISCOVERY
This is the first cask that House of Rum ever bottled, so for us this is our 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.
Cask number 43, Rotation 17/V376 only shared with us 140 bottles so this truly is a rare and unique offering. The Rum is incredibly smooth with woody notes and a sweet chocolatey finish.
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.
RICH AND COMPELLING
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.
DISTILLERY
The Corporation Alcohols del Caribe Distillery, also known as CADC, is based in San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela.
CADC is located at 510 m above sea level between the coastal range and the valleys of Aragua in Venezuela