Ron Mulata de Cuba Anejo 7 Anos

Bythefatrumpirate

Ron Mulata de Cuba Anejo 7 AnosRon Mulata de Cuba Anejo 7 Anos. Every Christmas discount supermarket Aldi get some “premum” rum in. In the past we have seen El Dorado 8 Year Old and their 15 Year Old, The Kraken and this year we got Pink Pigeon Spiced Rum from Mauritius and Ron Mulata de Cuba Anejo 7 Anos.

It’s quite an expensive business reviewing all this rum so I take any discounts I can get. When Aldi get rums in for Christmas time they usually come with a sizeable discount. Ron Mulata de Cuba isn’t as easily available in the UK as it is in mainland Europe (Spain and Germany in particular). The 7 year old usually retails at around the £25-30 mark. Aldi were selling it for £17.99.

Ron Mulata de Cuba Anejo 7 Anos is a traditional Cuban style rum. Ron Mulata is one of the latest rums to be launched in Cuba and does not have the long chequered history of the other Cuban rums mentioned above. However, there is little useful information available about this rum. It does appear that the rum was launched in 1993 and depending on who you believe, is now the second or third best selling rum in Cuba.

Ron Mulata is a joint venture between Distillerie Franciacorta and Tecnoazucar, the company that supplies 90% of all the Cuban rum.The Mulata range of rums stem from a base rum created by the master distillers or maestro roneros of Tecnoazucar, who use acquavite derived from only the best Cuban sugar cane syrup as a raw material. This ruRon Mulata Cuba 7 Year Old Rum Review by the fat rum piratem is then matured in 180 litre American white oak barrels, a process that gives the final product a unique bouquet and light flavour.

The fifty year old distillery of Heriberto Duquesne is located in the central region of Cuba in Villa Clara. It has a capacity of 3,000,000 litres per year with several production lines and employs eighty workers. Distillerie Franciacorta was founded over a century ago by Luigi Gozio. It is still managed by his descendants and is one of the leading producers of Grappa in Italy.

In the glass Ron Mulata Anejo 7 Anos is a dark brown with orange flashes. Nosing Ron Mulata Anejo 7 Anos reveals a light, sweet spirit with a reasonable amount of smoky tobacco leaf and oak spices. It’s slightly sweeter and less tobacco forward than many Cuban rum. It’s nicely balanced and easy going.

Sipped the rum is not as sweet as the nice. It has a nice weight of oak and spices once again when sipped. A slight bitterness and notes of smoke and tobacco. It is a fairly uncomplicated affair. It doesn’t have a lot going on. What it does do it does reasonably well. I personally prefer this to Havana Club 7 Year. I really do not get on with the heavier tobacco notes with that rum.Ron Mulata 7 Year Old rum Review by the fat rum pirate

As a mixer it works fairly well adding an nice smoothness. With a certain amount of lighter Latin style oak spice. Its not world class but its not terrible. At under £30 its not a bad price to pay if you want this style of rum. Personally the likes of Ron De Santiago and Ron Cubay kick it into touch but it isn’t a terrible drink. A light easy sipper but not one that is unpleasant. It’s just a little on the safe side and perhaps a touch boring. Not enough complexity despite its 7 years of ageing.

There are better Cuban rums – Ron de Santiago and Ron Cubay available at this price. This is less complex and a touch sweeter than those rums. I personally prefer this to Havana Club 7 Year Old – but its touch and go and I’m not that fussed on either in all honesty.

 

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    So lets see how this compares to those releases.

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    The extra ABV for this over the XO is not really immediately noticeable from the nose. It’s so well-integrated. There are some spicy notes of oak ageing but it really does have such a great balance.

    Further nosing reveals some toffee and banana. This is a rum which you will nose quite extensively it is so good.

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    The mid palate is also quite spicy but notes of coconut, a touch of coffee, ginger, walnuts and some toffee also put in an appearance. It’s a complex, quite dry type of sipping rum similar in many respects to the Foursquare 2004 and 2005 rums. I like the zestyness and oakiness found in the profile.

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  • Hampden Estate 2010 VIREO Single Cask #488 TWE Exclusive

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    For those who aren’t aware Hampden have released a series of rums entitled “Trelawny Endemic Birds”. They are all single cask rums and each relate to a different bird, which is endemic to Jamaica. This particular bottle is dedicated to the Vireo bird (you can find more details on wikipedia)

    So we already know that this is Hampden Estate vintage from 2010 and a single cask. The further information on the bottle notes that it is a LROK marque (Light Rum Owen Kelly). These Hampden Rum Marques give a guide as to how many esters the rum contains. The more esters – the funkier they become.

    Now LROK is seen as a fairly low ester rum. Don’t be deceived by the “Light Rum” part of the LROK marque. Despite being what some might say is fairly low in terms of esters (300-400 g/hlAA) these rums still have a fair bit of funk to them. They are far from being what you might associate as a light rum. When I hear light rum, I’m thinking Bacardi or Trini rum. This isn’t that. Definitely not!

    Coming from Hampden this is 100% Pot Still rum along with Worthy Park they are the two producers on Jamaica, that use exclusively Pot Stills for their rum distillation.

    This is a Single Cask Rum with just 250 bottles available for sale. As noted it is exclusive to The Whisky Exchange. The rum has been aged for a full 10 years in Jamaica. It has been bottled at 61.9%

    Hampden Estate 2010 VIREO Single Cask #488 TWE Exclusive comes in a “Velier” style bottle along with a Velier style cardboard sleeve. This is because Velier are the Importer of Hampden Estate rum in Europe and they work closely with them.

    Hampden Estate 2010 VIREO Single Cask #488 TWE Exclusive rum review by the fat rum pirateHampden Estate 2010 VIREO Single #488 TWE Exclusive was released on the 7th January and retailed at £195. I am saying retailed because all 250 bottles sold on the first day. I’m reviewing this even though you’ll have to buy it on the secondary market because, well because I am! Why do I do this blogging to begin with? Who knows.

    I didn’t buy this rum I actually picked up a bottle of the new age statement 8 Year Hampden Estate and the new Great House 2020 Edition just a few days ago.

    I was sent a sample for review from The Whisky Exchange they weren’t expecting it to sell out quite so fast!

    So lets see what this is like.

    In the glass we have a dark spirit with an orange hue. It looks well aged and 10 years in the tropics is certainly well aged. You’ll notice that these Tropically Aged Hampden’s tend to be a fair bit darker than the Continental Aged ones we see so often from Independent bottlers.

    The nose is full on Pineapple Juice, Burnt Banana and Pear Drops (English boiled sweets). It’s rich and full and fruity. It has a honeyed sweetness which comes through alongside a hint of nail varnish and some slightly smoky and spicy oak.

    It’s not as OTT as some Hampden’s but it has a nice balance and complexity to it.

    Sipped it is a bit more savoury than the nose suggests with much more wood and oak spice especially on the initial entry. This leads into toffee, candied fruits and some cinnamon. As the mid palate develops you get some clove.

    This is all carried along by a rich warming array of woody oak and slightly smoky spices. It has a slight astringency to it and a touch of white wine vinegar which makes a little acidic.

    The finish is long and quite clean with notes of mint and some menthol ecalyptus coming through. It fades out gently with rich warming oak and some black pepper.

    It’s a really lovely, well balanced example of what Hampden do. It’s funky but still keeps a nice balance to it.

    Those who bought this with the actual idea of drinking it won’t be disappointed. Those looking to find a bottle will hope that the flippers try and get a quick return. It seems some bottlings are being flipped instantaneously – leading to some not selling for the high prices the speculators might have expected.

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  • Duncan Taylor Single Cask Rum – Jamaica Long Pond Aged 15 Years (Cask 65)

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    Duncan Taylor Jamaica Long Pond 200 Single cask rum review by the fat rum pirateDuncan Taylor are a Whisky and Rum bottler from Aberdeen, Scotland.  They have been selling their rums in distinctive flask style bottles for a number of years now.

    Like another Independent bottler, Mezan they keep a very similar presentation for each rum.  With them releasing so many rums, some differing only by a cask number it can make deciding on what to buy quite tricky!

    This particular rum was released in late 2016.  It is a Pot Still rum from the Long Pond Distillery in Jamaica.  It was distilled in 2000 and bottled after 15 years in 2015.

    I will give you a little information regarding the Long Pond Distillery in Trelawny, Jamaica (which is the home town of Hampden Estate as well) for a more detailed read including a peek into the distillery itself please see the following great piece over at Cocktail Wonk.

    In the 1940’s Seagram’s purchased the Long Pond Distillery and used the distillery to help found the Captain Morgan rum brand.  Long Pond is now once again under the control of the Jamaican Government under the guise of National Rums of Jamaica.  It is likely you may not be overly familiar with Long Pond rums as they have never had a notable brand which was universally known to come from Long Pond.

    High ester Wedderburn style rums (which is what I believe the this rum is an example of) have come from both Long Pond Distillery and its very near neighbour Hampden Estate.  Examples of such rums can be found in Smith & Cross and Bristol Classic Rum released a “Vale Royal” style Jamaican rum a few years back.

    Currently I understand the distillery is not operating but may re-open shortly.  Quite when (or if) it closed is quite hard to find online with several conflucting stories.  Any further solid information would be greatly appreciated if anyone out there has more information.
    What information I have on this bottle is as follows.  It was distilled in June 2000 and bottled in February 2016.  It is honestly labelled as a 15 year old rum.  A bottle of which there are only 270 will set you back around £70.  It is bottled at 51.9%.

    I was keen to try this rum as I heard good things about Pot Still rum from Long Pond and it seems that quite a lot of it is available from this year 2000.

    In the glass the rum is a light golden brown.  Duncan Taylor do not add colorant nor do they chill filter their rums.  So it is likely there may be a bit cloudiness or sediment in the rum.  This should not put any enthusiast off.

    The nose is rocket fuel.  I’m not really one for making OTT tasting or nosing notes but this is definitely rum turned up to 11.  It’s one of those rums you can smell at twenty paces.  It screams Pot Still to any Jamaican rum enthusiast.  It makes Smith & Cross seem like Appleton 12.

    Varnish, paint stripper, lemon rind all jostle for position. Nosing deeper, it is filled with sweeter notes of dried fruits, black banana’s and even a touch of mint and pine.

    Once it has settled down in the glass it becomes slightly less fiery and a little more muted.  The nose is still huge but its a bit more balanced once it has had a little time to settle down.  All the notes remain but in perhaps more harmony.  The oak ageing
    begins to shine through giving it a bit more familiar rum feel rather than exhaust pipes.

    At just over 50% ABV I should be able to cope with this but you mDuncan Taylor Jamaica Rum 15 Years Single Cask Long Pond 2000 review by the fat rum pirateay wish to add a little water to suit your palate.

    Despite the fullness and the menace on the nose this is actually a much sweeter and a more refined sip than I had expected.  There is a minty refreshing note to this a little like toothpaste.  The sweetness takes the form of bananas and a little raisin, white grapes perhaps.  It’s a very distinctive rum. I’m reminded of the Pot Still rums from Fiji but with a sweeter edge, more approachable.

    Don’t be fooled by the talk of sweetness.  It’s a big, menacing rum.  However it also carries along with it a lot of complex sweet notes.  A kind of sweet but only barely sour note that is kind of like bourbon but not quite.

    As you can see it is quite a difficult rum to describe.  Very unique in terms of what I have tasted so far.  It has similarities with other rums but it seems to be kind of out on its own.

    With such complexities in a rum the balance can often be a little out.  This really excels as a sipper (I would imagine it would make some mean mixed drinks as well).  There are no off putting notes.  I like it all, a lot.

    This is easily one of the best Jamaican rums and one of the best rums overall I have ever tasted.  If you can find one of the remaining 269 bottles then I would definitely urge you to buy at least one!

One Comment

  1. This is the same rum I guess that goes under the name ‘Mulata anejo gran reserva 7yo’ these days and though I agree completely with your verdict that this is a ‘fairly uncomplicated affair’, I also think that it does what it does very well. A bit like a VDQS or ‘vin du table’ will never become an AOC but still can be a pleasant and well made wine.
    This has become my ‘go-to’ rum on the moments I don’t want a challenge in my glass but just a comforting drink. At the pricepoint you mentioned I probably would have thought twice but they sell here for around €15 and that is in my opinion quite a bargain for an honest glass of (simple) rum.

    Oh, and please keep up the good work; your reviews are a nice and helpfull tool in finding my way in Rumland for sure!

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