Until now, the Cuban rum category in Australia has been limited to Havana Club. Ron Santiago de Cuba Extra Anejo 11 Year Old Rum breaks the drought with three quality Cuban rum expressions from the brand. Named after the city of Santiago and boasting over 160 years of distilling experience, Cuba Ron’s rum making tradition is unrivalled on the island.
The Oriente region, in the south east of the island, has been known as the Cradle of Light Rum since 1862, and Santiago is the city where the most respected Cuban rums have been created. Our factories are the oldest in which the tradition of Cuban light rum has been maintained. The lush terror is an unmatched microclimate. Here, the baking heat of the Caribbean sun, the humidity of the land and the minerality of the sea perfectly entwine to create the optimum conditions for cultivating sugarcane, enriching the ageing process and bringing personality to our unique liquid.
Ron Santiago de Cuba Extra Añejo 11 Years Old is a magical blend of the sweetness of sugarcane molasses and the subtle touch of the Maestros del Ron Cubano. From the dedication of the Maestros comes one of the highest expressions of the Cuban Rum tradition.
This rum is produced from sugar cane grown in the Oriente province of Cuba in the South East of the island. Ron Santiago de Cuba is a molasses based rum. Following fermentation and distillation the resulting spirit is charcoal filtered before being transferred to high quality white oak barrels for ageing entirely in Cuba‘s tropical climate. An award winning rum is extremely versatile that is a wonderful to try neat and also works its magic in classic Cuban rum cocktails!
AWARDS
– 2025 Global Rum & Cachaca Masters – Gold Medal
– 2025 Bartender Brand Awards – Gold Medal
– 2024 International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC) – Silver Medal 92 points
– 2024 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles Spirits Selection – Silver Medal
– 2023 Monde Selection International Quality Institute – Gold Award
TASTING NOTES
As a sipper Ron Santiago de Cuba Extra Anejo 11 Year is initially quite sweet with toffee and caramel. I’m also getting some zesty notes of orange again. It’s warm and fruity. Further sips build on the sweeter profile with more of oak and spice coming into play particularly on the mid palate. Tobacco, oak spices and leather become more prominent and bring a drier and smokier profile to the rum. Making it a much more complex and enjoyable sipper than the initial entry might suggest. Coffee and toasted almonds come in alongside some dark chocolate and a touch of raisin as the rum progresses towards the finish line. Finish wise it is quite long and has a nice complexity. At the same time maintaining a good balance. It fades out gently with a lingering sweetness which is balanced by some of the drier tobacco and oak notes. (Credit: @TheFatPirate)
SPECIFICATIONS
- CLASSIFICATION: Single Traditional Column (Rum distilled at a single distillery in traditional column stills)
- PRODUCER: Ron Santiago de Cuba
- ORIGIN: Cuba
- SUBSTRATE: Molasses
- AGE: 11 Years (100% Tropical Aging at origin)
- ABV: 40% (700 mL full size bottle)
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