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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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An incredible sipping rum. A bit sweet with a cola, but is smoothness cannot be denied.
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over 1 year ago
I was happy to get to try this rum. It is fairly smooth, medium sweetness, a tad dry. The flavors come through with nothing being overly heavy. My one complaint is that it finishes a bit hot.
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over 1 year ago
Great to mix with diet coke, good flavor that comes through.
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over 1 year ago
It's been a while since I last tried an exceptional rum worth the extra praise.
Santa Teresa is worth every penny.
Don't miss out and try this well balanced rum. Spice & linger in a very good rate, with the flavours of chocolate, toffee, honey, caramel being distinctive though. Not too sweet, which I liked compared to other rums and the aftertaste does not last long which makes it really easy going.
Will defo come back to this
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over 1 year ago
Firm bite and long lasting warmth with pleasant aftertaste.
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over 1 year ago
The smell is smooth, but the taste in the mouth is quite strong, long lasting. Very good rum
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over 1 year ago
Csodás üveg és csomagolás. Fantasztikus illatok, kifinomult ízek. Száraz rum,tehát nekem nem kedvencem,de aki szereti a dictadort,vagy a diplomatico vonalat annak meg kell kóstolnia.
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over 1 year ago
Great red colour, great nose, fantastic taste. This rum is very popular, but it is a very great rum. Never too sweet, very balanced, very satisfying. Especially recommended if you're a beginner
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over 1 year ago
En la edición probada debo destacar la hermosa botella, pero en el contenido encuentro un balance muy adecuado, ni dulce ni seco, con un final muy largo y definido.
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over 1 year ago
Combined with medium to strong cigar and a small cube of ice, this is easy one of my favorites
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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.