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SMWS R9.9: Varela Hermanos (Ron Abuelo)

“Challenging conventional wisdom” · Past release, no longer on sale
Challenging conventional wisdom - SMWS R9.9Sold outJun 2021
R9.9

Challenging conventional wisdom

SMWS regionPanama
Age13 years
ABV63%
Outturn234 bottles
CaskRefill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritRum
Distillery from SMWS code R9
RegionPanama

In short · Varela Hermanos (Ron Abuelo) (Panama), 13 years.

“Limited to 1 per member This rum sample, from the country mainly known for a canal that gave the name to a famous hat, was certainly challenging conventional wisdom.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS R9.9 is a single cask of Varela Hermanos (Ron Abuelo), in Panama, 13 years old, bottled at 63%, released in the Jun 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered R9.x is from Varela Hermanos (Ron Abuelo).

How the price compares
At £69.50, this 13-year-old cost less than all 3 Varela Hermanos (Ron Abuelo) bottlings aged 14–15 released 2020–2025 that we hold. They ranged from £72.50 to £82, with a median of £82.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Varela Hermanos (Ron Abuelo)

At Pesé, in Panama's Herrera province, José Varela Blanco, an immigrant from Galicia, opened the country's first sugar mill in 1908. His sons turned it towards distilling in the 1930s, and the family, now in its third generation, grows its own cane and keeps more than 120,000 casks ageing under the Ron Abuelo label, 'grandfather'. Smooth, sweet and toasty. Varela family's.

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