Phenomenal Spirits Ron Izalco Cask Strength

This is a single cask of the El Salvador rum Ron Izalco, selected by Phenomenal Spirits and bottled at a robust cask strength of 60.3% after ten years in ex-bourbon wood. It comes from a column still and is released in small micro batches that vary year to year, so each is its own snapshot rather than a fixed recipe.

The nose offers wood, caramel, dried fruit and vanilla, while the palate is sweet yet structured with caramel, chocolate and a nutty richness before a long finish of chocolate, caramel, black pepper and tropical fruit. At full proof it carries real weight and intensity, the kind of rum that opens up generously with a few drops of water. As a powerful, characterful aged single cask it rewards patient neat sipping, and drinkers who enjoy rich, dry, high-strength rum will find plenty here to explore.