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Black Tot Rum
Black Tot is a rum brand named for Black Tot Day (31st July, 1970), when the Royal Navy ended its centuries-old practice of giving its sailors a daily ration (or “tot”) of rum.
Black Tot Finest Caribbean is a blend of rum from Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica. The Barbadian proportion is a blend of five-year-old pot and column still rum from Foursquare Distillery; it brings tropical fruit and elegance. From Guyana there is both unaged and aged (three-to-five years) pot and column still rum from Diamond Distillery, lending richness. Worthy Park Distillery is the source of the Jamaican contribution, which is three-year-old pot still rum. It lends a spicy, funky touch. The finished product is bottled at 46.2% alcohol-by-volume (ABV).
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
“The ‘Historic Solera’ from Black Tot is deliciously rich and sticky, with a thick, viscous texture that coats the palate, showcasing the large proportion of Guayana rum (60%) in the blend, in tandem with 35% Barbados and 5% Jamaican, which offer additional layers of complexity. 3 tiers of criaderas are used in the making of this exceptional rum, with the liquid spending a minimum of one year in each tier. A large proportion of pot still is used lending to the rich texture that is needed to work with the ex-sherry casks the Historic Solera is matured in.
Though rich in style, it is mellow and dry, showing dried fruits, raisins, caramel, mocha, and Christmas spices all supported by the nutty character brought on from the Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso casks – aged on average for 2 years. It is unusual to see Caribbean rum aged in sherry cask, but this works oh so well! A real delight for rum enthusiasts for sure, but even whisky fanatics partial to The Macallan or Dalmore should find something to like here.
Dominic Goddard-John, Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd (December 2024)
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