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APPLETON ESTATE
Black River Casks 15 Year Old Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted: 3/20/2024

Country: Jamaica

Alcohol: 43%

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93 Points

Gold Medal

Exceptional

$80

APPLETON ESTATE
Black River Casks 15 Year Old Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted: 3/20/2024

Country: Jamaica

Alcohol: 43%

Medium amber color. Aromas and flavors of over ripe and slightly fermented pineapple and banana, creme brulee and honey cake, coconut, and rum raisin and leather with a round, crisp, dry medium body and a tingling, subtle, medium-long finish manifesting notes of baked cherries and caramelized banana, dark chocolate and espresso bean, coconut, pecans, and tobacco with baking spices, and english breakfast tea. You have to like funky Jamaican Rums with all of that estery funk, but if you do, this is a lovely aged example.

Tasting Info

	Style:	Spicy & Complex
	Aroma:	over ripe and slightly fermented pineapple and banana, creme brulee and honey cake, coconut, and rum raisin and leather
	Flavor:	Same as aromas with notes of baked cherries and caramelized banana, dark chocolate and espresso bean, coconut, pecans, and tobacco with baking spices, and english breakfast tea
	Smoothness:	Tingling
	Enjoy:	in cocktails, neat, on the rocks, with cigars and with drops of water
	Cocktails:	Cuba Libre, Daiquiri Natural, Dark & Stormy
	Bottom Line:	You have to like funky Jamaican Rums with all of that estery funk, but if you do, this is a lovely aged example.

The Importer

Campari America

1114 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

USA

1 212-207-4350

www.campariamerica.com

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Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Añejo and Age-Dated Rums are aged Rums from different vintages or batches that are mixed together to insure a continuity of flavor in brands of Rum from year to year. Some aged Rums will give age statements stating the youngest Rum in the blend (e.g., 10-year-old Rum contains a blend of Rums that are at least 10 years old). A small number of French island Rums are Vintage Dated.