Flor De Cana 18 years Centenario Gold

Flor de Cana

Origin

Nicaragua

Type

Molasses Rum

Barrel

Bourbon

Age

18 years

Alcohol

40°

Value

60 points

About the product

The Flor de Cana 18yo rum is a very fine tasting rum. It waited patiently for 18 years in barrels made of white American oak (Quercus Alba) in which bourbon previously matured. This gave it its unique flavour profile. This rum was produced sustainably at the foot of an active volcano. Nothing extra was added.

On the nose, you get a very pleasant mix of nuts and soft caramel. Very seductive, without being overpowering. The flavour offers you intense vanilla (from the American oak used for the barrels) that gets a pleasant spicy touch. The oak does its work even further, providing a velvety finish.

The best way to enjoy this rum is pure, which is how its complexity comes out best. If we do have a suggestion to make the experience just a little different, try it served with a large, square ice cube and a garnish of an orange zest, gently squeezed. This flavour combination will give you a special sensation!

About the brand

With its rums, Flor de Cana tells the story of 135 years of history and five generations building on the same dream. In 1875, 25-year-old Alfredo Francisco Pellas Canessa leaves Genoa for an adventure. He risks everything to build something in exotic Nicaragua. He got to know that country as a child, and it had been in his dreams ever since. The adventure began when he built a shorter and safer route for steamboats through Nicaragua; that way transportation of people and goods from the US East Coast to the West could be smoother, an important matter during those days of gold rush in California. When the Panama Canal came, Alfredo looked for a new opportunity and in 1890 he found the perfect spot at the foot of San Crisobal, Nicaragua's largest active volcano. There he would build a distillery that would go on to make one of the most refined rums in the world. The terroir there was perfect: volcanic and fertile and with a unique tropical climate.

135 years later, flor de Cana is still the passion and vision of the same family. Many events could have ended this story (civil war, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, fires and hurricanes), but the family persevered. This is exceptional, as only 3 in 10,000 family businesses make it to the fifth generation. So they are rightly extremely proud of that!