C.A.C.D. 18 Year Old
C.A.C.D. 18 Year Old
REGION: Venezuela
STYLE: Rum
ABV: 45.8%
AGE: 18 Years
RRP: £59.95
While large-scale facilities like C.A.C.D. typically produce rum for major brands, exceptional single cask offerings like this are a rare find. This delicious 18-year-old MCDF marque is truly well-traveled. Distilled on February 1, 2008, it was first filled into American white oak in Venezuela and aged for 56 months, before being shipped in cask to the Dominican Republic for an additional 40 months of aging. In 2016, it was transported to the UK and refilled into recycled rum casks, resting in warehouses across both England and Scotland until we decided it was ready to bottle. True to our standards, all our rums are entirely free from colorants, sweeteners, and artificial flavorings, offering a rare taste of untouched rum from this region.
With only 359 bottles anticipated for this standout bottling, you’ll want to act fast!
NOSE
An enticing, multi-layered bouquet opens with sweet vanilla caramel, succulent dried dates, and plump sultanas. Deeper aromatic complexities build gracefully alongside earthy dried tea leaves, gentle baking spices, toasted oak, and a subtle touch of dried coconut.
TASTE
Luxuriously rich and oily, opening with an immediate wave of sweet golden toffee, rich butterscotch, and dark raisins. As the dram unfolds across the tongue, sophisticated notes of bitter dark chocolate, toasted nuts, and peppery spices emerge, adding remarkable depth and structure. The long, warming finish concludes with a delicate grip of astringent oak-y tannins and an evocative hint of burnt toast.
ABOUT THE LABEL
Mr. Stubbs (we presume?) is captured en route to the Corporación Alcoholes del Caribe facility in Venezuela, peering out the airplane window with a mix of awe and abject terror at the majestic and mysterious Mount Roraima below. This famous tepui served as the visual inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World—which perhaps explains the local fauna soaring past, even if pterodactyls have been extinct for millions of years.
