Havana Club 7 Años (70cl, 40%)

Havana Club 7 Años is a Cuban aged rum whose youngest rum has spent at least seven years in cask. Continuous ageing blends older reserves with later bottlings, and maturation takes place in oak casks that previously held Bourbon. It is bottled at 40% in a 70cl bottle. Roasted, tobacco-like and spicy impressions sit alongside vanilla and fruit, while the palate is rather dry than sweet. The rum suits neat drinking as well as a Cuba Libre or other cocktails where its matured character can show. Roasted coffee and tobacco leaves meet dark chocolate and vanilla on the nose, with gingerbread and orange marmalade. The palate is full-bodied and rather dry than sweet, with woody spice, orange marmalade, vanilla fudge and overripe banana. Black pepper, coffee and vanilla fudge remain in the long finish.