Brazil Rum

• 

  Santos Dumont Heritage Brazil 70 cl Rum 43,8%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-19727961

  Named after a Brazilian aviation pioneer, Santos Dumont Heritage unites molasses rum from several continents with cachaça from the home country in one ambitious bottle.

  Expert Description

  Santos Dumont Heritage Hors d'Age is a Brazil Rum, a blend assembled by Santos Dumont Spirits and bottled at 43.8%.

  The master blender behind the bottle combines molasses-based rum from the West Indies, Brazil and Central America with cachaça from Brazil, distilled from fresh sugar cane juice. The brand is named after Santos Dumont, the Brazilian-born aviation pioneer who became famous in the early 1900s for his early flying machines, and the Heritage edition is the house's most ambitious take on how rum and cachaça can be united in one complex blend.

  The result is a sweet, earthy rum with depth from tobacco, leather and tropical fruit.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Apricot, tobacco and leather, with vanilla and coconut.

  Palate

  Citrus fruit and apricot, with sweet undertones of cocoa and Demerara sugar.

  Finish

  Long and tropical, with coconut, cocoa and a lingering tobacco note.

  Specifications

  Name: Santos Dumont Heritage Hors d'Age
  Distillery: Santos Dumont Spirits
  Region/Country: Brazil
  Type: Rum
  ABV: 43.8%
  Size: 70 CL
  Serving Suggestion: Neat at room temperature or as a digestif

  Flavour Profile

  Earthy · Sweet · Tobacco-forward · Tropical · Complex

  Did You Know?

  Alberto Santos Dumont, the man behind the brand's name, was one of the very first people to publicly fly a motorised aircraft in Europe, and he funded his early experiments with a fortune built on his family's Brazilian coffee plantations.

  See our full range of Santos Dumont

  • 1pcs.
    201,00EUR
• 

  Santos Dumont XO Brazil Spirit Drink 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865407-8203

  On the Cabangu plantation in Minas Gerais the sugar cane stood tall while a boy looked up at the sky and thought about flying.

  Alberto Santos Dumont ended up a pioneer in the air. Down on the ground, the sugar cane became something else entirely: a spirit that is allowed to take its time.

  Expert description

  Santos Dumont XO Brazil Spirit Drink is a Brazilian Rum-Based Spirit Drink aged in Bourbon casks, Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks and Port casks and bottled at 40%.

  The base is Brazilian sugar cane, distilled on a copper pot still. The young distillate is then split across three cask types, each pulling the flavour in its own direction. The Bourbon cask gives vanilla and a dry peppery edge. The Pedro Ximénez Sherry cask lays down ripe fruit, honey and old oak. The Port cask rounds it all off with sweetness and a soft, wine-like character.

  Finally, the master blender blends the three parts together, and the blend gets a final rest in a single hand-picked cask. It is that step which gives the bottle its own character rather than a uniform factory profile.

  Note that it may not be called rum. It is classified as a Spirit Drink, and that is not a mistake or a shortcut, but a matter of regulation. As soon as anything is added, or the distillate does not meet the formal requirements for rum, the product falls into the Spirit Drink category. Many of the softest and most sweet-toned bottles on the shelf belong here.

  The brand is owned by Old St. Croix Spirits, formerly A.H. Riise Spirits, based in Dragør. The name is a tribute to Alberto Santos Dumont, whose father ran the coffee and sugar cane plantation Cabangu in Minas Gerais.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Banana and coconut first, then ripe apricot and apricot kernel. Vanilla and a touch of honey hide underneath.

  Palate

  Soft tannins, distinct honey and a fruit sweetness that leans towards fermented fruit and dried figs. The port cask shows as a wine-like, almost syrupy roundness, while a hint of black pepper keeps the sweetness from running away.

  Finish

  Long and sweet with toffee and dark chocolate. Right at the end comes a dry oak note that tidies everything up.

  Specifications

  Name: Santos Dumont XO Brazil Spirit Drink
  Distillery: Santos Dumont
  Region/Country: Brazil
  Type: Brazilian Rum-Based Spirit Drink
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks, Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks and Port casks
  Distillation method: Copper Pot Still
  Edition: XO
  EAN no.: 5712421040002
  Serving suggestion: Neat or over a single ice cube at 18-20 degrees
  

  Flavour Profile

  Sweet · Fruity · Sherry-matured · Port cask · Soft

  Did You Know?

  Alberto Santos Dumont asked Louis Cartier for a watch he could wear on his wrist while flying, because he could not fish his pocket watch out mid-air. That was the start of the wristwatch as we know it today.

  See our full range of Rum

  Listen to our podcast:

  • 1pcs.
    67,00EUR
• 

  Santos Dumont XO ELIXIR Brazil 70 cl Rum 40%

  Item no.: 22227865407-100112

  Brazil is the homeland of sugar cane. Miles of green fields, heavy heat and a tradition of pressing the juice fresh instead of boiling it down to molasses. This is where this bottle comes from - named after a man who would rather fly than stay on the ground.

  Expert description

  Santos Dumont XO Elixir is a Brazilian Rum Liqueur built on Santos Dumont XO Rum aged in Bourbon casks, PX Sherry casks and Port casks and bottled at 40%.

  The base rum is distilled from freshly pressed sugar cane juice - not molasses - in old pot stills. Then comes the ageing, and it happens in three stages. Bourbon casks of American white oak lay down vanilla and a dry peppery edge. PX Sherry casks pull honey and ripe dark fruit into the rum. Port casks round it off with sweetness and a light tannin.

  Once the rum is finished, local herbs and a measured amount of cane honey are added. That is the step that turns Elixir into Elixir. The result is not a dry rum you analyse your way through, and it does not try to be. The label says Elixir, and that is exactly what is in the glass: thick, amber and sweet, with beautiful legs down the glass. Bottling happens in small batches under Old St. Croix Spirits ApS in Dragør, which is also behind A.H. Riise.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Banana and coconut first, then ripe fruit and a nutty note of apricot kernel. Honey sits underneath it all, and after a little time in the glass, vanilla and candied orange emerge.

  Palate

  Sweet and full-bodied. Honey and fermented fruit carry the palate, with caramel, coconut and raisin in the background. There is a light tingle on the tongue that keeps the sweetness from turning flat.

  Finish

  Warm and long. Honey and dried fruit, a touch of cinnamon and oak spice at the very end.

  Specifications

  Name: Santos Dumont XO Elixir
  Bottler: A.H. Riise Spirits
  Region/Country: Brazil
  Type: Rum Liqueur
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks, PX Sherry casks and Port casks
  Distillation method: Pot Still
  EAN no.: 5712421040200
  Serving suggestion: As an after-dinner drink with coffee, or in a cocktail glass over crushed ice
  

  Flavour Profile

  Sweet · Honeyed · Coconut · Fruity · Spiced

  Did You Know?

  Alberto Santos-Dumont grew tired of fumbling with a pocket watch while piloting his flying machines. He asked his friend Louis Cartier for a solution, and in 1904 he got a watch strapped to his wrist. It is still called the Cartier Santos - one of the world's first wristwatches, invented because a Brazilian needed both hands in the air.

  See our full range of Santos Dumont

  Listen to our podcast:

  • 1pcs.
    44,00EUR