Rum of the Month: Flor de Caña Centenario 18 Year Old

Nicaragua – the Central American nation made famous by revolutions, coffee and Granada, one of the oldest cities in the Americas on a shark-infested freshwater lake. Don’t be scared, though. Nicaraguans are known to craft some of the most comfortable hammocks in the world, roll cigars to rival Cubans and distil some of the world’s best rum. And Flor de Caña is definitely one of them.

In fact, Flor de Caña is the world’s most awarded rum brand. Distilled from sugar cane grown in the soil of the world’s most volcanic country, the finished product is a rum unlike any other.

Its amber colour delivers a full-bodied taste of rich complexity and smooth finish with notes of slow-roasted nuts and dark chocolate.

Its 18 years of aging make it something more serious-tasting, darker and more refined. It’s the kind of rum that you choose instead of a dessert, and don’t mind savouring alone with a cigar smoking in one hand and the Granada city skyline before you.

And some of this success comes from the passion that goes into each bottle. Flor de Caña owns the entire vertical operation. From the planting of the sugar cane to the sealing of each bottle, they are able to manage and control each step to ensure consistent quality and a product that is exactly as it should be.

Furthermore, the Flor de Caña distillery is known as one of the most energy efficient and eco-friendly facilities in the industry, a milestone for a company in the second poorest nation in Central America.

For the aspiring enthusiasts to the connoisseurs, the Flor de Caña Centenario 18 Year Old is a refined quality rum that we agree is an irrefutable Nicaraguan masterpiece, and well worth the investment.