Ron Colon Dark Aged is a blend of molasses rums from El Salvador and Jamaica. Several styles and methods are represented. There are short and long fermentations, column and alembic distillations, white and aged rums... The base of this rum is a 6-year-old rum from El Salvador. It was selected by cellar master Gabriella Ayala of the Licorera Cihuatán distillery. For added strength and complexity, white rums from Jamaica (Hampden, Worthy Park and Clarendon) were added, along with a 3-year-old rum from the Worthy Park distillery.
Nico's tasting notes
On the nose, the exotic fruits are more than ripe, delivering a soft, warmly tropical flesh with a humid languor. A few sweeter, tangier accents quickly bring out a fizzier side, which balances out the heaviness of fruits such as jackfruit.
With aeration, the wild, full-bodied character develops, and we take off for Jamaica. Pineapple, mango, jackfruit and delicious dried banana are all present.
The palate, too, is inhabited by the spirit of Jamaica, giving us an attack of fresh rum, bursting with full-bodied, fruity aromas. The power is not negligible, as are the astringency and spices that swarm all over the palate.
The finish is marked by the freshness of the distillate, and by that indomitable, irrepressibly seductive side.
"A powerful blend in which the young Jamaican rums more than play their part...".
