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Appleton Estate 21 Year Old

PRODUCER: Gruppo Campari

AREA OF ORIGIN: Nassau Valley, Jamaica

VARIETY: Dark rum

ABV: 43.0%

WEBSITE: www.appletonestate.com

The age on a bottle of spirits can mean various things. In the case of single malt whisky, the age refers to the youngest whisky in the bottle; even one drop of a young whisky and that is its age. But other spirits have looser definitions. Appleton Estate 21 Year Old, though, adamantly follows the single malt route, and contains rums that are at least 21 years old. Most of the rum was matured and the time in the oak gives some delicious tannin spice and oaky notes. But there are some exquisite flavours of vanilla, cocoa and orange. As a result, this is a fabulous sipping rum and doesn’t need mixing. It is described as ‘just brilliant’ by one leading online retailer.