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Santa Teresa 1796 rum

Santa Teresa 1796

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Venezuela | Aged | 40% ABV

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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705 Santa Teresa 1796 Ratings

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Benjamin πŸ‡«πŸ‡· | 57 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

Nice complex and aromatic and sweet nose.
Caramel and orange peel aromas. Spicy hints (nutmeg and cinnamon)
Sweet soft attack but very long peppery, smoky earthy finish (tourbe)

Power and elegance compared to its entry level black label

Michael N πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | 72 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

Not too many stores carry this brand so when I came across a bottle I grabbed it. This has a fairly high rating so I thought it would be worth the risk. It is just OK. Thats all I can say. At this price point there are many other choices that I like better.

Helmut Springer πŸ‡³πŸ‡± | 8 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

I have drunk this rum for the last 25 years since I have been working in South America. It tastes like a top quality cognac, only smoother. For sipping, I consider this the ideal. Some rum lovers would probably say it is a "girl's rum" since the solar process makes it much smoother than Mount Gay XO. For mixing I would prefer the Mount Gay. The Santa Teresa you should drink pure and no ice. I recommend a cognac glass. This rum has been hard to get lately due to the political situation in Venezuela but seem to become available again.

Jan πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ώ | 13 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

I like this one. Hint of caramel, not sweet and very natural. I still have some left in a bottle and bought another one in the meantime. Good to have it in the cabinet

Frank πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | 18 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

Been wanting to try this rum for some time now and it didn't disappoint me. I like my rums a bit sweeter, but it has just enough vanilla and molasses kick to satisfy that...It's a bit hot in the back of the throat on the finish for me...but that's my only complaint. It's a nice sipping rum and worth the wait.

Jesper Mazanti πŸ‡©πŸ‡° | 155 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

:-)
To little smell.
Ok taste.
Aftertaste to harsh.
;-)

Paul B πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | 472 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

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.

Freek Lambrechts πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ | 40 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

Has a perfume bottle smell. Burns a lot and tatse like ethanol or medicine. Opens your nose, no full flavour or nice aftertaste

Javier FK πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ͺ | 31 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

Excelente ron venezolano! Para cuando uno quiere ponerse meloso. Es un dulce.

craig72 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ | 42 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

Oh, this stuff is good. I mean, really. Smooth and yet dry after the finish so as not to be too much to catch what all is going on with it, which is nice. Simple good quality rum. A high-end mixer quality, with potential for sipping, for the right tastes.

EDUARDO LANDAVERY πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ͺ | 75 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Un ron sumamente interesante que entrega un cuerpo y aroma singular pero que distingue un a los buenos rones.




Brand Details

Name: 1796
ABV: 40%
Type: Santa Teresa
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No

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