Ron Anejo Carupano XO Rum

Ron Carúpano traces its roots to 1762, when Spanish captain Félix del Fierro founded the hacienda in the Macarapana Valley outside Carúpano on Venezuela's Caribbean coast; the estate was renamed Hacienda Altamira in 1853 and remains the home of Destilería Carúpano, one of the brands recognized under the Ron de Venezuela appellation. The rums use spring water from the Chuare River and are blended by Carmen López de Bastidas, Venezuela's first master blender, in charge of the cellars since 1990. The X.O., launched in 2012, is the house's extra-aged anthology rum, drawn from old private family reserves that spent a long maturation in sealed white American oak barrels with no replacement of the annual angel's share, bottled without additives at 40% ABV. It comes in a numbered crystal-cut decanter with a fitted case, limited to 2,000 a year. The distillery describes it as mahogany with orange glints, with caramel, brioche, toffee, walnuts, cigar box, tobacco, tonka bean and fermented cocoa on the nose, then a strong, unctuous palate of marinated black fruit, candied raisins, coconut, coffee and tobacco that lingers. Serve it neat in a tasting glass, or over a single cube with a hint of smoke or citrus.

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