• Renaissance Rum 2018 / Fino Cask / Exclusive to The Whisky Exchange
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£274.95

Product Description

The very first rum from Taiwan’s Renaissance distillery to land in the UK, this single cask expression was bottled exclusively for customers of The Whisky Exchange. It’s an intensely aromatic spirit, packed with all the big tropical fruit notes we love to find in pot still rum. Finishing in a single fino sherry cask brings great umami and a distinctly herbal edge to a palate of banana, pineapple and mango.

A superb debut from one of the most interesting rum producers operating in the world today.

Style

Style

  • 4
    Body
  • 3
    Richness
  • 0
    Smoke
  • 3
    Sweetness
Character

Character

  • Character - Banana Banana
  • Character - Pineapple Pineapple
  • Character - Mango Mango
  • Character - Butter Butter
  • Character - Anise (star) Anise (star)
  • Character - Leaves Leaves
Product Facts

Product Facts

  • Age Icon

    Age

    2 Year Old

  • Vintage Icon

    Vintage

    2018

  • Bottling Date Icon

    Bottling Date

    May 2021

  • Country Icon

    Country

    Taiwan

  • Cask Type Icon

    Cask Type

    Fino Sherry Finish

  • Chill Filtered Icon

    Chill Filtered

    No

  • Type Icon

    Type

    Molasses

  • Colouring Icon

    Colouring

    No

  • No Added Sugar or Flavourings Icon

    No Added Sugar or Flavourings

    Yes

Renaissance Rum 2018 Fino Cask Exclusive to The Whisky Exchange

  • Single Traditional Pot Still Rum

70cl / 62%

FREE UK standard delivery

In stock online

£175

Web Exclusive Price

£145.83 ex VAT

 (£250 per litre)

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Delivery

Delivery Delivery

  • Express delivery(Choose a day)

    From £6.95

  • Standard delivery (2-4 Working Days)

    Free

  • Click & Collect (Mon-Fri 10am - 5pm)

    Free

How We Pack

  • Eco-friendly packaging

    Our boxes are made of 100% recyclable cardboard and our protective honeycomb paper wrap keeps your package safe and significantly reduces our need for plastic.

  • Flexible delivery options

    We deliver to countries all over the world! You can also select express delivery, or pick a specific delivery date, at checkout.

  • Packed with care

    Our experienced warehouse team take great care with every order. As specialists in glass packaging they ensure that your items stay safe and secure in transit.

Returns

30-Day returns policy

We want you to be 100% happy with your order and it is our aim to ensure that all products supplied to all customers arrive in perfect condition. You have the right to cancel your order at any time without being charged for the goods ordered within 30 days of purchasing (other than for perishable or personalised products or those products that have been specified as non-returnable).

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Disclaimer

While we endeavour to provide full and accurate information on our website, there may be occasions where producers have updated their recipe or failed to provide full details of their ingredients and processes. This may affect factors including the product style and allergen information, and we would advise that you always check the label and not solely rely on the information presented here. If you are at all uncertain about a product then please contact our customer service team before purchase.

Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

  • Billy Abbott, The Whisky Exchange

    • Nose

      Rich, buttered, roasted bananas with a touch of overripe banana funkiness. Soft spiced-butter notes build, joined by even more fruit: tinned pineapple and peach with ripe fresh mango and a touch of sharp apple.

    • Palate

      Slightly singed toffee leads, poured over a bucket of bananas. A hint of green follows: freshly picked leaves, tarragon and mint. Clove spiciness explodes through the middle, followed by growing green anise and star anise. A surprise punch of vanilla butter cookies pops up at the end.

    • Finish

      Liquorice, green banana, brown sugar, tarragon and fresh grass linger for a long time.

Renaissance 2018 Fino Cask

  • Renaissance 2018 Fino Cask

The Renaissance team pride themselves on being fully transparent about how they make their rums, and as this rum’s back label demonstrates, they really don’t hide anything. In summary: this traditional pot-still rum was distilled on 17 September 2018 and bottled in May 2021; it’s made using molasses refined from local Taiwanese sugar cane, which was fermented with wine yeast for 15 days with dunder; it was distilled on the lees and matured in a new 225-litre American white-oak cask and finished in a fino sherry cask; and it was bottled at full cask strength with no added colour, sugar or flavourings. And that’s not even all the information on the back label!

About Renaissance Distillery

  • Renaissance Distillery

Taiwan is becoming increasingly well-known for its spirits and Renaissance is expanding that reputation into the world of rum. The island is full of sugar cane and Renaissance was founded in 2017 to create uniquely Taiwanese rums using local ingredients. Distiller Olivier Caen is dedicated to experimentation, playing with the rum-making process from cane to cask all in the search of great flavour.

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