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Santa Teresa 1796 rum is produced in Venezuela and aged using the solera system that blends rums aged between 4 and 35 years. Before bottling, the rum is aged for a further year in large French oak casks to marry the blends.
This rum was first created in 1996 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the distillery, the Santa Teresa Hacienda.
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After getting a bottle of this from my mother-in-law when she went to Venezuela I was amazed how nice this was. Right up there with the best rum's I've tasted. If you get the chance, you need to try this.
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over 1 year ago
This may be my favorite rum to drink neat. The perfect blend and very smooth!
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over 1 year ago
Slight aroma with a touch of sweetness on the front end. Tastes of honey and caramel on the sweet side but not too sweet. Very mellow and smooth from start to finish with not an overly punch of flavor.
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over 1 year ago
Im Geruch: Karamellisierter Zucker, Nüsse, gedörrte Früchte, Alkohol
Im Geschmack: wie im Geruch plus leicht herbe Holznote
Im Abgang: bleibt am Ende die herbe Holznote und Alkohol.
Fazit: ein solider Rum und zur Abwechslung nicht schlecht, aber nichts was einem vom Hocker wirft.
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over 1 year ago
Everything about this bottle screams top shelf. It looks gorgeous, the cork even feels expensive. I've wanted to try this bottle for a long time, but found it underwhelming at first. Initially it was just boring. Smooth, rich, and balanced with lots of vanilla and a little spice, but boring. After sitting a bit it has really opened up and become more layered and spicy, with a long finish. Still on the sweet side. A great special occasion or dessert rum.
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over 1 year ago
It's been a while since i tried something new, but got a sample of this.
Smell is pretty subtle, but reminiscent of demerera in its dark sugar, slightly dirty vibe. Taste is pretty much the same. Not particularly sweet, which surprised me somewhat. Goes down pretty smoothly, which suggests there's a fair proportion of aged rum in there.
Nothing in the way of complexity though. It's very drinkable and easy sipping butpretty bland for something of this price point. Overall, it has a bit of the Diplomatico about it, but mostly its like a boring El Dorado.
Not bad. Can't give it less than a 6, but can't give it more either.
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over 1 year ago
Vanishingly light, it does have some oak notes that become more apparent with rest. While I do think its one of the better Spanish rums, I still feel it hard to enjoy something so light. It was worth trying but I have the impression the bottle will be slow to empty.
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over 1 year ago
Velmi dobry suchy solera rum, so zaujimavym chutovym profilom - vanilka, karamel, jablko, mierne dlhym, horkejsim a jemne alkoholovym dozvukom. Vyborny pomer cena/kvalita. Moja oblubena volba.
Krajina pôvodu: Venezuela
Obsah alkoholu : 40%
Cukor: 5g/l
Doba zrenia: zmes rumov starych 5 az 35 rokov
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over 1 year ago
Smakar först lite sprit sen kommer det lite mer smak men ingen speciell rom.
A Venezuelan rum that isn’t full of sugar.
IMO,one of the best solvers rum but a bit pricey(~50€).Smooth and tasty,opening with vanilla,coffee and brown sugar and dry finishing with a touch of pepper.
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Way back in 1991, my rum world consisted of Bacardi Anejo, Myers Dark, and any unflavored rums by Cruzan. Our cruise ship stopped for one day in Venezuela and I picked up my first bottle of Venezuelan Rum called Selecto Gran Reserva. Wow! It was by far the smoothest rum that I had ever tasted at that time, so I savored that only bottle for several months, knowing that I may never have a chance to find another one. I wisely saved the empty bottle. I recently read the very fine print on the side label which said Santa Teresa. A-ha!
These rums are somewhat available locally. They still make the Selecto, but only this 1796 Ron Antigua de Solera is available where I live, so I finally bought that long awaited second bottle. This one is also rated better on this site than the Selecto. At $46, it is now one of the most expensive bottle of rum that I have ever tried. My rum bucks now stop at $50!
The nose is of vanilla and cinnamon with a mouth feel adding caramel and oak. Yes, it is as smooth as I remembered with absolutely no bite from the alcohol. But compared to the ones that I have tried in recent years, this one is just not nearly as memorable. I am glad that I bought that bottle of Selecto some 26 years ago because it opened up my world to Venezuelan rums, as well as those from neighboring Guyana. I will also savor this bottle of 1796 with one pour over an ice cube each time. It is too expensive to waste as a mixer and would really do nothing to enhance any mixed drink. After opening the bottle, it improves even more.
Update after four months: About 2/3 of this bottle still remains after four months since I have been savoring it slowly. However, since it has been a while since I gave it another try, this evening cost it one point in my rating. The sherry cask aging has finally reared it's ugly head. I hate rums aged in fortified wine casks, but this one was done with a very delicate touch to get my initial rating of 9. Now that it has had time to breathe in the bottle, the sherry cask aging becomes more obvious.
Update December 18, 2020: I have been buying this really good rum for years, but today I opened another bottle to the smell of furniture polish. The taste was also mildly of furniture polish. I obviously got a bad bottle with no notation on the label to warn others what to avoid. This will sadly be my last bottle of this once proud rum. I will not lower my rating because my one bad episode should not be allowed to affect others.