Rums

Honeyed single estate rum from Venezuela with elements of bitter chocolate, nuts and buttery biscuits. It is made, unusually for a rum, through the solera process: casks of different aged rums are stacked vertically, the oldest (aged around 35 years) at the bottom, and as the distiller draws rum from one cask they top it up with younger liquid from the blend.

A brand new presentation of Appleton Estate Reserve eight-year-old, released in 2020. A smooth and sweet Jamaican rum, it offers notes of toffee apples, cinnamon, crystalised ginger and soft oak spice on the palate.

The 2020-release of Mount Gay Black Barrel is a blend of older rums than previously, matured for between three and seven years, and finished in heavily-charred ex-bourbon casks for six months before bottling. Complex aromas of toasted oak, warm spices, apples and oranges fill the nose. The palate offers a balance of bold spices and juicy fruit, with hints of sweet caramel and creamy vanilla.

A 1999 vintage rum made in the last remaining operational double wooden pot still in the world, moved from the Port Mourant distillery when it was closed. A complex rum with notes of smoke, liquorice, molasses and a hint of peat.

This is the second exclusive bottling for the Whisky Exchange from Barbados' Foursquare distillery. Named Diadem - a type of crown or headband worn by monarchs as a sign of royalty - this rum is definitely a crown jewel. A single traditional blended rum( from pot and column stills), this has been aged for 12 years in ex Bourbon and ex Madeira casks. The Madeira brings a wonderful fruit and nuttiness to the rum with notes of prune, orange rind and plenty of dried fruit. The bourbon cask gives sweet nutmeg and powdered spices with vanilla and buttered popcorn. The palate is rich and intense with a delightful vein of acidity that opens up the palate to bring the ripe banana and pineapple to the fore, alongside red cherries and linseed oil with a hint of green walnut on the finish. This rum needs time in glass to allow it to open up and develop. Just over 2000 bottles have been produced.

This Fijian rum is made with stream water and distilled in a pot still for robust, spicy flavours. Aged for 13 years on the South Pacific island, it displays aromas of juniper and white chocolate, with a spicy palate of cinnamon, cumin and Szechuan pepper.

A fabulous Venezuelan dark golden rum, distilled from molasses in a copper potstill before 12 years of ageing. Rich, sweet and fruity, just how we like 'em. Fantastic quality for the money, Diplomatico was awarded a Gold Medal at the 2007 Ministry of Rum Tasting Competition.

A 20-year-old rum from Flor de Cana, bottled in celebration of its 130th anniversary. Aromas of nutmeg, black pepper, hazelnut and caramel fill the nose, complemented by notes of dark chocolate, roasted nuts, caramel and oaky vanilla throughout the palate.

The second edition in Angostura's No.1 Cask Collection is a blend of rums aged initially for 10 years, which are then finished for a further six in refill French oak.

A bright and fruity rum from St Lucia, specially selected by and bottled for The Whisky Exchange. It's a single traditional blended rum, bringing together spirit from Chairman's Reserve's John Dore 1 pot still and its traditional column still. The result is a fruity and spicy rum, carefully balancing spicy pot-still against fruity column-still spirit.