It’s fine, a mid-range rum with plenty of robust caramel and oak, and just a touch of underlying richness. The Cuban-made Havana Club Añejo Especial (Pernod Ricard, approximately $25) is what you’ll find in Cuba Libres and other mixed drinks that call for something other than a blanco rum. It will come as no surprise that we tasted a lot of Cuban rum, most of it made by Havana Club. In April, Wine Enthusiast visited Havana on a rum-seeking expedition-look for an in-depth feature in our November issue. In the meantime, we have one burning question: How is the rum? We’ll let the liquor companies duke it out in court. since the start of the trade embargo in 1962. Of course, Havana Club produced in Cuba has been blocked from sale in the U.S. Pernod claims that a 1993 deal with the Cuban government gives it the right to sell the Cuban-made rum under the Havana Club name worldwide-including the U.S. On the other, vocal rum-lovers and nationalists insist that Havana Club should be made in Cuba-not Puerto Rico. On one hand, Bacardi family members are eager to take back their distillery legacy from Cuba’s government. Sign up Privacy Policyīut it goes deeper than just commercial concerns. Thank You! We've received your email address, and soon you will start getting exclusive offers and news from Wine Enthusiast. Both rum-making families fled Cuba in the 1960s after the government nationalized the island’s distilleries the Arechabala family let its trademark lapse in 1973. Many decades ago, Bacardi was the producer of Havana Club in Cuba, buying the brand from the Arechabala family, who founded Havana Club in 1934. In brief, Pernod Ricard, which currently produces the Havana Club made in Cuba, is battling with Bacardi over rights to the brand name. So, what’s the big deal? The iconic Havana Club name is at the swirling center of a major trademark dispute. If you’ve spotted a bottle with a cheery red circle on the label at your favorite bar, odds are that the bartender personally carried it back from Cuba. and Cuba and anxiously awaiting the return of Cuba’s Havana Club to the States. Here’s why: Rum-lovers have been following the loosening of trade restrictions between the U.S. And it’s causing a stir in the spirits industry right now. The bottling with an austere navy-blue label is made and distributed by Bacardi, which produces the rum in Puerto Rico. consumers may come across a new rum on the shelves: Havana Club Puerto Rican Rum. We make our rum the same way everywhere, so it's just a matter of how nature interacts with it while it ages, and the master blender's job is to make sure that they identify the changes between the regions.You would think that Havana Club Rum would be made in Havana, Cuba. That may change in the future as we continue to make the rum, because at some point we're going to run out of the Bahamian and continue making it with Puerto Rican rum.
So we're definitely calling out the fact that it's Bahamian rum in the bottle.
We cannot call that Puerto Rican rum due to the regulations and laws in Puerto Rico. Obviously, in the case of some of the older rums, it might have spent one or two years in barrels in Puerto Rico, but for all means and intents, it's not Puerto Rican rum. All of the rum was fermented and distilled in the Bahamas, and for the most part, almost all of the rum was aged in the Bahamas fully. In the case of Eximo, obviously the batch consolidation took place in Puerto Rico but the pre-aged blending took place in the Bahamas. It's perfect for anyone who still needs to be convinced that rum is as serious a sipping spirit as whisky or cognac.
And Paraiso ($250), also aged up to 23 years (with an emphasis on older rums) and finished in French oak casks, is incredibly dark and deep and rich, with hints of coffee beans and roasted nuts. Exquisito ($120), aged between 7-23 years, is only finished in sherry casks for a month or so, but it really picks up a lot of the dark fruit notes associated with sherry, along with toffee and dark chocolate flavors. It's got strong notes of walnuts and tropical fruits, along with a fair amount of wood and spice on the back end. Eximo ($60), aged up to 10 years, is a mix of lighter and heavier rums that's actually blended before aging. It's perfect for sipping or mixing (a Neo daiquiri is heaven in a glass, believe me). Neo (suggested retail price $45) is a rich, velvety light rum that's been aged up to eight years, making it one of the oldest light rums around. The collection, which has been slowly rolling out in select US cities for the last year, consists of four rums.
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