Matusalem Gran Reserva Solera 23 Year Rum

The Matusalem Rum Company was started by the Camp brothers in 1872 as a family affair. The “new” Cuban rum rapidly caught on in the world’s markets. In the early 1940s they experienced a period of tremendous growth and by the ’50s, Matusalem had already captured half of the Cuban market making it the country’s leading brand. After fleeing Cuba during Fidel Castro’s regime, descendants of the founders now produce Ron Matusalem in the Dominican Republic. It explains why the style is light and delicate, like most Cuban rums. In fact, it’s similar to Havana Club, so if you’re looking for an easy sipper, this is the one for you.

Named after the Biblical Patriarch, Methuselah who was said to have lived for 969 years, so symbolising patient ageing and old world craftsmanship, the key to Matusalems’s complexity is a Solera aging process, previously used only in sherry and Spanish brandy making. Matusalem was the first to introduce it to rum making. Variously aged liquids are carefully blended, with the oldest component aged up to 23 years. French oak casks dominate the cellars.

“Matusalem Gran Reserva 23 brings together a distinctive mix of flavours made with a selection of the finest reserves of aged rum. Using the Solera system, mature spirits are combined in oak barrels to create a rum that is unmistakably superior in quality, taste and smoothness. 

Today this renowned rum is produced in the Dominican Republic using the same secret formula created by my family in 1872 in Cuba. Matusalem is truly considered one of the best rums in the world.”  – Claudio Álvarez III, Fourth generation of Ron Matusalem founding family. 

TASTING NOTES

The blend of Gran Reserva 23 is responsible for the complexities of flavor you will find with each sip. During the aging process, the flavors have had a chance to marry and mature, creating a flavor profile beloved by rum connoisseurs the world over.
AROMA—Complex yet refined and very elegant, with a strong finish of caramel, toasted oak, coffee, and banana.
PALATE—Delightful smoothness, well balanced with traces of honey, vanilla and molasses with a spiced and lasting finish.

• PRODUCER: Matusalem & Company
• ORIGIN: Dominican Republic (founded in Cuba in 1872)
• SUBSTRATE: Molasses
• AGE: Up to 23 Years (solera system)
• CASKS: French Oak
• ABV: 40% | 700ml

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