Ronera Cardenas Kawama Extra Añejo

This Kawama Extra Anejo from Ronera Cardenas carries a nineteen year age statement, an older sibling within the Cuban house's range and a more mature expression of the island's light ron tradition. It sits in the polished, after-dinner register, built for smooth sipping rather than power.

Matured in ex-bourbon wood in the Cuban heat, it shows dried fruit, wood, allspice and coffee on the nose, then a palate of dried fruit, oak, allspice and caramel before an oak-and-spice finish. The long ageing gives it a harmonious, well-knit character without becoming overly woody, gently dry rather than heavily sweet, with the depth and balance of a seasoned Cuban. It makes an easy, cigar-friendly pour, a soft and untaxing sipper for those who appreciate the restraint and smoothness that define the island's better aged rums.