Dictador Jerarquia Bourbon Casks 1981/2020 - 39 y.o. (70cl, 43%)

A 39-year-old Colombian rum distilled in 1981 and bottled on 21 October 2020 from cask ExB-1414. It matured for 39 years in an ex-Bourbon cask of American oak, with an outturn of 300 bottles. The rum comes from old reserves held by the Parra family and was distilled at a now-closed Colombian distillery. It is made from sugar cane honey and distilled in both copper pot stills and a continuous steel column. The nose opens with clementine, grilled pineapple and ginger cake with cinnamon, followed by red apple cake and fine oak spice. The palate brings toffee apple, milk chocolate and red chilli flakes, with English vanilla cream, vanilla and cherry cola, plus leather and a hint of sandalwood. The finish is soft, with sweet Moroccan green tea, old leather, vanilla tobacco and nutty praline notes.