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APPLETON ESTATE

APPLETON ESTATE
Rare Casks 12 Year Old Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Jamaica
Alcohol: 43%
94 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$50

APPLETON ESTATE
Rare Casks 12 Year Old Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Jamaica
Alcohol: 43%
Golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of over ripe banana and pineapple, expressed mint, leather, tobacco, and chocolate, and black tea and orange peel with a round, tangy, dryish medium-to-full body and a warming, complex, medium-long finish revealing notes of chocolate covered orange peel, kola nut and chicory, star anise, ginger, and fermenting orchard fruit, walnut, pecan, and and black tea. With a funky, fruity, and rich mouth feel, this is just yummy and a classic benchmark Jamaican Rum.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: over ripe banana and pineapple, expressed mint, leather, tobacco, and chocolate, and black tea and orange peel
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of chocolate covered orange peel, kola nut and chicory, star anise, ginger, and fermenting orchard fruit, walnut, pecan, and and black tea
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat, on the rocks and with cigars
Cocktail Cocktails: Cuba Libre, Daiquiri Natural, Dark & Stormy
Bottom Line Bottom Line: With a funky, fruity, and rich mouth feel, this is just yummy and a classic benchmark Jamaican Rum.

The Importer

Campari America

The Importer
1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
USA
1 212-207-4350

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Rum Aged more than 3 Years

Añejo and Age-Dated Rums are aged Rums from different vintages or batches that are mixed together to insure a continuity of flavor in brands of Rum from year to year. Some aged Rums will give age statements stating the youngest Rum in the blend (e.g., 10-year-old Rum contains a blend of Rums that are at least 10 years old). A small number of French island Rums are Vintage Dated.