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SPANISH STYLE – RICH & MODERN

Elegance Through Precision

Spanish-style rum has long been associated with elegance. Built on meticulous distillation, thoughtful blending, and carefully managed maturation, these rums favour balance, texture, and harmony over sheer intensity. While often approachable in their youth, the finest examples develop remarkable depth through patient aging and exceptional cask management.

This flight explores three distinguished interpretations of the modern Spanish tradition. From the graceful integration of solera aging to Brugal's uniquely toasted oak and the focused maturity of a single vintage, each expression reveals how precision and restraint can produce rums of extraordinary complexity.

Santa Teresa 1796

Venezuela | Spanish Style / Solera | 40% ABV

Created using the traditional solera method, Santa Teresa 1796 combines rums of different ages into a remarkably balanced expression that has become one of Venezuela's most celebrated spirits. Gentle oak, refined fruit, and exceptional integration showcase the elegance of modern Spanish-style rum.

Nose: Orange peel, dried fruit, vanilla, toasted oak and soft caramel.
Palate: Silky and rounded with brown sugar, baking spice, roasted nuts and subtle tobacco.
Finish: Long and elegant with dried fruit, oak spice and lingering toffee sweetness.

An exceptionally balanced solera rum that rewards patience with remarkable elegance and harmony.

Brugal Maestro Reserva

Dominican Republic | Spanish Style | 41.2% ABV

Brugal's proprietary "Dark Aromatic Toasting" process caramelizes the inner surface of the cask, adding depth and complexity while preserving the house's famously dry Dominican style.

Nose: Plantain, coffee, white pepper, vanilla and graphite.
Palate: Lean-bodied and textured with vanilla, drying oak and subtle mineral character.
Finish: Pencil shavings, green plantain and lingering toasted oak.

A beautifully restrained rum that rewards careful attention with subtle layers of flavour.

Diplomático 2007

Venezuela | Spanish Style | 43% ABV

Produced from a single year's distillation and matured for extended periods in carefully selected oak casks, Diplomático 2007 showcases a more focused and mature interpretation of the house style, emphasizing richness, depth, and elegant balance.

Nose: Earthy, leather and dry plum.
Palate: Big sweetness, molasses flavour and slight acidity.
Finish: Molasses, dried fruit and tobacco.

A beautifully mature Spanish-style rum that balances richness with remarkable elegance.

How to Enjoy this Flight

Begin with Santa Teresa 1796, where the solera method creates exceptional balance, gentle oak, and refined dried fruit character. Continue with Brugal Maestro Reserva, whose distinctive dark aromatic cask toasting introduces greater structure, minerality, and subtle spice while preserving the house's famously elegant style. Finish with Diplomático 2007, where extended maturation and single-vintage focus deliver the richest and most concentrated expression of the flight. As you taste, notice how each producer pursues complexity through precision, proving that power is not essential for creating truly world-class rum.