Sold outIn short · Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña) (Nicaragua), 21 years.
“The nose brimmed with fruit (mango syrup, melon, papaya, pomegranate, pineapple, banana) and hints of bicycle tyre.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS R8.8 is a single cask of Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña), in Nicaragua, 21 years old, bottled at 57.2%. Every Society bottle numbered R8.x is from Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña).
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
At Chichigalpa, in the shadow of the San Cristóbal volcano whose ash feeds the cane, the Pellas family has made rum since 1890, launching Flor de Caña in 1937. Everything happens on the estate, from cane to cask, and the spirit, distilled in a five-column still, ages in re-charred bourbon barrels sealed with plantain leaves. Light, dry and elegant. Pellas family's.
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