
Chairman's Reserve "The Forgotten Casks" St Lucia Rum (700ml)

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Review Date: 03/2017
I've always loved the St Lucia Rums and while Chairman's Reserve has always provided solid drinking for the price, it was the IB single casks that really showed something special. Now this wonderful limited release "Forgotten Casks" bottling is here. It give all that wonderful St Lucia pot-still style without being so gnarly as to scare aware the uninitiated. Big notes of sweet oak, rich tropical, dense exotic woods and cigar box muffle the gorgeous funky pot-still note. On the palate the sweetness is restrained and the oak spice and fruit take over before that funky note return on the long soft finish. This is really good rum for serious lovers of the English style or anyone who can appreciate a complex brown spirit.
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Review Date: 03/2017
Notes
The exceptional St Lucia Distillery is situated in the picturesque and agriculturally rich Roseau Valley on the Western Coast of this small Island Nation. This small producer of blended rums is committed to providing the highest quality possible, but in 2007 their entire operation was threatened by a large fire. Luckily only the blending hall and some administrative buildings were lost, but in the ensuing confusion several casks that had been already blended and filled into American Oak for their standard 6 month marriage period were misplaced. These casks would have been headed for the standard Chairman's Reserve Blended, but instead the casks were "forgotten" and left to age for several more years before someone released what had happened. Misplaced is probably a better way to describe what happened, but that just doesn't have the same ring. The resulting blend contains rum up to 12 years and is one of the most interesting rums coming out of the St Lucia Distillers today. Of course, now that we have them these special casks will not be forgotten, but they also won't be around for ever so grab them while you can.
Product Details
Origin: St. Lucia
Type/Varietal: Rum
Alcohol Content: 40%
SKU: #1298508