Single Cask Rum 'Trinidad - Ten Cane 2012 - 11 Year'

• Single cask, aged rum distilled by the defunct Ten Cane Distillery in Sainte Madeleine, Trinidad, and bottled by Holmes Cay
• Second of nine vertical age-statement releases
• Produced from 100% sugarcane juice fermented 5 days using specialized yeast strains
• Double distilled in a French alembic pot still
• Aged 11 years; tropically aged for 4 years in ex-Cognac casks; aged in Liverpool, UK, for 5 years and then 2 years in New York State in ex-rum casks
• A floral nose precedes an herbaceous, peppery palate of vanilla custard and oak with a medium-length finish
• No sugar, coloring, or other additives
• Non-chill filtered; bottled at a cask strength of 59% ABV

Distilled by the former Ten Cane Rum Distillery—custom built by Möet Hennessey in 2003 and officially shuttered in 2015—this was the first marque of the luxury Ten Cane Rum brand. Aged in a combination of ex-Cognac and ex-rum casks, Holmes Cay is releasing two casks per year over the course of nine years, each with an additional year of maturation. This extremely rare vertical series offers the opportunity to experience the evolution of flavor as these unique barrels—truly the last of their kind—age from 10 to 19 years.

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