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Rare Rums is the new small batch selection from Rum Nation.

Since its inception in 1999, Rum Nation's goal has been giving widespread recognition to a wide array of rum styles, with a particular focus to the differences between the various geographical countries of production, their unique qualities and aromas.

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An extremely aromatic rum from a wooden column still, mellowed out by long maturation but muscular and full bodied. At the nose it has an explosion of funky esters: fermented overripe tropical fruits (bananas, avocados, papaya) and a quizzical note of carpenter’s glue. We then find cola, bergamot, pepper, cinnamon and a touch of old oak. The same fruitiness and spiciness are found at the palate: sweet, chewy, juicy, almost overwhelming in its estery intensity but creamy. There is a note of cereals and flour, before cinnamon and pepper take control.

Enmore 25yo

1997/2023 | NAT 120 | 59,0%
An extremely aromatic rum from a wooden column still, mellowed out by long maturation but muscular and full bodied.
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An old rum from a legendary silent distillery in Trinidad, only slightly tamed by a finish of 70 months in ex-sherried whisky casks. The tannic intensity is enhanced by an extra layer of raisiny richness, but it still is extreme. At the nose, we find huge esters, bergamot, cola, but also the aromatic notes of aniseed and liquorice, and of course the trademark deep dark oaky character. The influence of the finish is more evident at the palate: it starts juicy, rich, almost velvety, with a raisiny character and orange marmalade. Just when you think it’s sweeter and smoother than expected, it starts growing relentlessly towards the typical notes of liquorice and gentian root, black coffee and cloves, and towards a fiery hot and tannic finale. Hugely complex and with a long evolution in the glass.

Caroni 25yo

1998/2021 | NAT 108 | 59,0%
From the legendary closed Trinidad distillery, a rum with an extra touch of complexity.
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Distillalion in a wooden pot still, and a long period of maturation followed by 54 months in ex-Scotch whisky casks, have given life to a full bodied but well-behaved rum. Very flowery and vegetal at the nose, with chamomile and medicinal herbs, it's perfumy, waxy and only slightly pungent (notes of camphor and white pepper). While very dry and mineral, at the palate it's quite chewy: beeswax, again the herbal and peppery notes, lemon peel, a certain fruitiness but no funky esters. The finale is long on tea and chamomile.

Versailles Whisky Finish

2004/2022 | NAT 116 | 59,0%
Distillalion in a wooden pot still, and a long period of maturation followed by 54 months in ex-Scotch whisky casks, have given life to a full bodied but well-behaved rum.
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A medium bodied rum distilled in a double wooden pot still, with a moderately estery character enhanced by a finish for 22 months in refill Oloroso. At the nose it' s fruitty, apparently sweet, easy and pleasant: not an aggressive or spicy profile, on the contrary it's quite raisiny and reminiscent of an old sherry-malured whisky. There is also a slighlly earthy note, from the cask. At the palate it's fairly winey and tannic, but not blatanlly marked by the sherry. It remains dry, with notes of liquorice, sandalwood and lavender.

Port Mourant

2010/2022 | NAT 117 | 59,0%
A medium bodied rum distilled in a double wooden pot still, with a moderately estery character enhanced by a finish for 22 months in refill Oloroso.
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Dark, concentrated, flamboyant it betrays its long maturation at the tropics in Cognac casks, followed by a continental finish of 42 months in refill Oloroso. The high-esters slow fermentation is evident at the nose: bergamot (and Earl Grey tea), orange peel, notes of cocoa and chinotto, and cloves. But the oak imparts black coffee too, and herbal notes. At the palale, it fights between the tannins and the sweetness (cocoa powder and burnt sugar), with the extra twist of a vermouth-like touch. The finale is very dark, oaky and spicy.

Savanna

2006/2022 | NAT 118 | 57,7%
Dark, concentrated, flamboyant it betrays its long maturation at the tropics in Cognac casks, followed by a continental finish of 42 months in refill Oloroso.
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Traditionally made from molasses, this rum is very aromatic and balsamic as expected from this distillery, with a fresh, minty and oaky nose. Its olfactory intensity is also matched at the palate, thanks to the high oak extraction of its first 12 years of tropical maturation. It has a very tannic presence to balance the inherent round character of the sugar cane, resulting in a very juicy taste with spice and sweetness at the same time. Cinnamon, herbal extracts and a certain dark leathery quality build up in intensity towards a particularly warm and slightly astringent finale.

Savanna

2004/2021 | NAT 112 | 55,2%
Traditionally made from molasses, this rum is very aromatic and balsamic as expected from this distillery, with a fresh, minty and oaky nose.
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