San Miguelito Ron Piet 10 Years Small Batch XO Premium Rum

Ron Piet draws this 10 Years Small Batch from San Miguelito in Panama, bottled by the Hamburg Distilling Company. It is a column still molasses rum matured in ex-bourbon wood and presented at 40%, sitting in the soft, light end of the Spanish style where gentleness is the point.

The profile is mild and slightly sweet, with cream toffee, vanilla and light wood, a touch of pear and a short, faintly bitter close. At its modest proof it reads soft and easy rather than deep, and the chocolatey roasted note often found in Panama rum stays quiet here. It makes an undemanding gift bottle or relaxed sipper, honest about being easy company, with more interesting Panamanians available for drinkers chasing genuine depth.