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DARK RUM
El Dorado 12 Year Old
40.0% | 70CL
1-3 Business Days
€ 29,95
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Geographic location
Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica
Product details
The El Dorado 12 Year Old possesses a rich fruity bouquet of explosive flavours, owing largely to the estery richness acquired from the EHP Wooden Coffey and Metal Coffey Stills.
Tasting notes
Lush tropical fruit and spice nose with hints of honey and dark sugar. Mellow, full bodied with rich flavours of fruits and spice. A delightful, elegant and dry finish.
THE DEMERARA STORY
The story of rum in Guyana started in the 1640s with the introduction of sugar cane by the early European settlers. By 1670, the foundation of Demerara Rum production was laid down with the establishment of distilling into the new territories by the British. The county of Demerara once covered by the Atlantic Ocean, was recovered by the Dutch in the 1600s. The Dutch successfully reclaimed the land resulting in soil that was high in minerality and nutrients paving the way for sugar cane cultivation in the 1650s. In the 1800s, colonial rums using British blending were becoming more popular and the first Old Vatted Demerara (OVD) was made with rum produced by the Port Mourant distillery as the major component. In 1999, final merger of the remaining sugar estates and distilleries by transfer of the various stills, equipment and expertise by Demerara Distillers Limited at the only active distillery in Diamond, on the East Bank of the Demerara River.
