Zacapa
Ron Zacapa 23yo Sistema Solera 40% 70cl
- Details
The town of Zacapa can be found 200km West of Guatemala City - it reached it's centenary in 1976, the same year in which local doctor Alejandro Burgaleta launched the first bottle of Ron - the South American name for Rum.
The sugar cane used to produce the rum is sourced from the Western part of Guatemala, where it is more hot and himud. It's also harvested by hand, which allows for more care in terms of ripe cane. Indeed, Zacapa even developed a special hybrid machete to help with the harvesting.
The rum is neither agricole (fresh cane juice) nor molasses – instead it is made from sugar cane ‘honey’ – juice is pressed once then condensed by filtering and boiling off the water. The honey can then be stored for up to a year which means distillation is available all year round.
Casks of Ron Zacapa are trucked up a mountain to a warehouse where the air is cooler and temperatures more stable – it's known as ‘The House Above The Clouds’ and is nearly 8,000ft above sea level.
Lorena Vasquez is the Master Distillery. Born in Nicaragua, she studied chemistry and moved into food technology. Her first job was with a brewery, but she didn’t like beer, so moved on and ended up at Zacapa by the time she was 28.
Sistema Solera is a complicated combination of 6yo to 23yo rums aged in a variety of casks – ex-Bourbon, Oloroso and PX. While it sounds impressive, the age statement is a bit of a misnomer – it’s calculated the average age is actually around 8-10yo, whereas the 23 on the label represents the oldest stock. Sugar is added, roughly 17g/l which is a little on the higher side for rum brands. - Delivery & Returns
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