Rum "El Dorado" Special Reserve 21 Years Old, gift box, 0.7 L
Tasting Notes
Rum excellent dark amber.
Taste of Roma rounded, soft, full-bodied, velvety, with rich tones of fruit, caramel and spices.
The aroma of rum - lush shades of tropical fruits, spices, notes of honey and dark sugar.
Rum - a wonderful digestif, which is a slow tasting after a meal or in the countryside.
Interesting Facts
Rum "El Dorado" 21 Years Old with excellent exposure has a warm velvety taste with hints of caramel and tropical fruits and lush aroma. He created a special recipe, which Master Blender has been carefully selected rum, aged at least 21 years in oak barrels.
In the complex process of production "El Dorado" 21 Years Old used quite unique fixed stills, which are left in the world very few. Demerara Distillers on three of them, which is unusual because usually applies even number of cubes. Each of them gives the distillate a very special spirit. First cubes - wooden Coffey, are commonly used in the production of Irish whiskey and some gins. Second - wood with a copper-top sources of very rich and very aromatic distillate. And finally, the third - the French copper Savalle, preserved from the XVIII century. Rum aged in oak barrels 45-gallon used to this once for aging whiskey or, more commonly - bourbon.
"El Dorado" 21 Years Old won countless awards and ranks high, suggesting that this "monumental rum extracts is one of the best in the world" (Beverage Tasting Institute of Chicago). Among them:
- Silver medal and the title of "Best in Class" in the "International Wine & Spirit Competition" in London in 2010;
- Gold medal and the title of "Best in Class" in the "International Wine & Spirit Competition" in London in 2009;
- Gold medal and the title of "Best Rum Trophy" for "International Wine & Spirit Competition" in London in 2008;
- Silver medal and the title of "Best in Class" in the "International Wine & Spirit Competition" in London in 2007;
- Silver medal and the title of "Best in Class" in the "International Wine & Spirit Competition" in London in 2006;
- Gold medal and the title of "Best in Class" in the "International Wine & Spirit Competition" in London in 2005;
- "Seal of Approval" ("Seal of Approval") on "International Spirits Challenge" in 2003;
- A gold medal in the class "Super Premium Category" at "International Rum Festival" in Canada in 2003;
- Silver medal at the "International Wine & Spirit Competition" in London in 2003.
Caribbean islands are home to not accidentally rum. It was here that came up to use sugar cane and reed scrap obtained - molasses remaining after the production of cane sugar. First rum called "The Barbados Water", but over time, the British sailors became known as the drink "rum". Rum made not only in the Caribbean, but in the colonies, located on the continental lands of South America. One of these colonies was and Guyana, located in the north-east of the continent on the shores of Demerara - the third largest river in South America. Distillery "Demerara" was founded in 1670 when a group of more than three hundred producers of sugarcane combined to create rum. In XVII-XVIII centuries in Guyana, there were about two hundred factories, which produce rum. However, after the merger, on the east bank of the Demerara was only one - unsurpassed "Demerara Distillers". Today, the plant produces more than 26 million liters of alcohol per year and is the largest supplier of rum and spirits of the Caribbean. Among his clients - Diageo, Jim Beam Brands, Hiram Walker, Allied Distillers and Corby's. At the factory preserved ancient traditions of rum and original equipment used from the XVIII century. In 1992, "Demerara Distillers" launched a line of rums "El Dorado", embodies the unique qualities of a true taste of Demerara. Roma "El Dorado" repeatedly awarded top prizes at international competitions and is considered the best in the world of the Roma.