Full Review

Appleton Estate

Appleton Estate
Signature Gold Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Jamaica
Alcohol: 40%
89 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$21

Appleton Estate
Signature Gold Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Jamaica
Alcohol: 40%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of bananas foster in a copper pot, dried papaya, grass, and spices with a silky, bright, dryish medium body and an even, carefree finish that exhibits accents of coconut water, roasted nut skin, pencil shavings, and minerals. A soft, lighter-styled pot still Rum that will play nicely in cocktails.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Mild
Aroma Aroma: bananas foster in a copper pot, dried papaya, grass, and spices
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of coconut water, roasted nut skin, pencil shavings, and minerals
Smoothness Smoothness: Smooth
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails and on the rocks
Cocktail Cocktails: Hurricane, Daiquiri Natural, Dark & Stormy
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A soft, lighter-styled pot still Rum that will play nicely in cocktails.

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.