J. Wray & Nephew Appleton Estate V/X Jamaica Rum (1L, 40%)

Appleton Estate is the oldest sugar plantation and distillery in Jamaica, with sugar fields covering 11,000 acres of the Nassau Valley in Saint Elizabeth parish, in operation since 1749. The distillery was bought by J. Wray & Nephew in 1916. It operates five double-retort pot stills alongside a column still and generally produces single blended rums by vatting the two distillates. In 1997, Appleton Estate became the first distillery in the spirits industry to employ a female master blender, Joy Spence. The V/X expression is made with a blend of 15 aged rums, each at least 5 years of age, matured in smaller barrels before marriage in cask.