CoR Clarendon No. 10 1995

Distilled at Clarendon in 1995 and bottled by Poland's Colours of Rum, this is a single cask Jamaican pot still rum laid down for twenty six years and presented at its natural 63.6% with nothing added. Clarendon is the island's quiet workhorse, running both pot and column, and its pot still marks can be every bit as funky as the famous Trelawny names. This one shows it.

Molasses fermentation and double retort pot distillation set up the fruit, and long tropical maturation in ex-bourbon oak has pulled it deep without flattening the esters. Expect ripe banana and dried fruit on the nose, then a spicy, woody palate carrying plum, black tea and a cooling streak of mint, with a dry, faintly bitter finish that leans on the barrel. This is a powerful, contemplative pour for drinkers who already love old, high strength Jamaica.