Ron Zacapa Centenario Gran Reserva Sistema Solera 23 Rum 700ml Brand_The Glenrothes Steve progressively tastes the barrels

Steve progressively tastes the barrels as they are aging and marks the ones that he finds most intriguing

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Delicious hazelnut and toffee on the palate blended together with a slight hint of sweet peat smoke

elevage on lees in new (25%) and seasoned French oak barrels ranging in capacity from 225 L to 2500 L for 20 months prior to bottling without filtration

Ron Zacapa Centenario Gran Reserva Sistema Solera 23 Rum 700ml Brand_The Glenrothes Steve progressively tastes the barrelsRon Zacapa 23 Sistema Solera Rum was first produced in 1976 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Guatemalan town of Zacapa. It's a rum made from raw sugarcane honey grown on the Zacapa estate high in the hills of Guatemala, extracted from the first pressing of sugarcane juice. It is then fermented using a proprietary strain of pineapple yeast and distilled in a copper lined column still. After distillation, the rum is aged in a Solera process