Ron Abuelo, Tawny Port Cask Finish, 15 Year-Old, Rum, Panama (40%)
About this SPIRIT
Ron Abuelo
Ron Abuelo is a third-generation family-owned rum distillery with its own sugar cane plantation in Panama, established in 1908.
Ron Abuelo’s hacienda is at the heart of Pesé, whose landscape and natural resources create unique rums. Its luscious, fertile landscape, layered with greenery and steeped in history, produces 1,600 hectares of sugar cane yearly. This unique crop is specially adapted to the weather conditions of the Pesé Valley. True to its heritage, the Ron Abuelo distillery continues to grow, harvest and ferment all the sugar cane needed to produce its range of premium spirits from its Pesé hacienda, allowing control over the rum-making process from cane to case.
Never one to stand still, the family continues to innovate and create with the dedication, patience and attention to detail that comes with true craftsmanship.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
Ron Abuelo, produced by Varela Hermanos in Panama, has been crafting high-quality rums since 1908. The distillery uses traditional methods and local sugarcane to create a range of premium rums. This 15-year-old rum is finished in Tawny Port casks, adding rich and fruity notes to the smooth and aged Panamanian rum.
Iain Glover, Spirits Advisor, Berry Bros. & Rudd
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