Discover the unique all-round rum Zaya Gran Reserva 16 Years Old! Premium rum worth enjoying in every way. It is a dark rum that has depth, complexity and a bit of mystery.
In many languages and cultures, Zaya is named for a "triumphant woman." However, the Zaya Gran Reserva rum recipe remains covered with a veil of mystery. All that is known is that it consists of a precise mixture of 12 rare rums from Trinidad and Tobago so that it faithfully follows in the footsteps of the former rum that this brand once produced in Guatemala.
Each of the rums used is made from virgin sugar cane from the islands and personally selected by master blender Carl Homer. Fermented cane juice is distilled twice in copper cauldrons and then matured in medium-tanned white oak barrels after whiskey and bourbon for 16 years. The consistent production process has brought Zaya Gran Reserva rum a memorable taste and a number of well-deserved awards.
Matusalem Gran Reserva 23 Enigma is a luxury rum that represents excellence in craftsmanship. This premium rum comes from the Dominican Republic and is the result of more than a century of tradition by the Álvarez family. It is aged in French oak barrels using the Solera method, giving it a uniquely balanced and complex flavour.
The aging and blending process is based on the Solera method , which was originally developed for the production of sherry and brandy de Jerez and involves the use of several layers of casks, with the youngest rum at the very top and the oldest at the very bottom.
Once the product has been drained from the bottom of the system, the spirits are gradually added to and from the higher layers. The use of this method in the production of Matusalem rum is unique in its own way and ensures perfect blending of rums of different ages. Its use results in an exceptionally fine spirit.
Matusalem produced rum in Cuba until the 1960s, when it was confiscated by the Castro regime. At that time, Matusalem had a 50 % share of the Cuban rum market. Production was subsequently relaunched decades later by the founder's great-grandson, Claudio Álvarez Salazar, in the Dominican Republic, which has a similar microclimate to Santiago de Cuba. Rum is produced here according to the original Cuban recipes.
Today, the company is owned by the fifth generation of the Álvarez family and it is the Matusalem Gran Reserva 23 that pays homage to the family tradition, with roasted almonds, honey, nutmeg, banana and pineapple on the nose. Its dry palate then offers a refined spicy combination of vanilla, caramel, molasses and wood.
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