Opthimus Rum

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  Opthimus 15 years barricas de Malt Whisky Finish Dominican Republic Rum 43%

  Item no.: 22265421-15

  There is something quietly contrary about doing it the other way round. The world is full of whisky that has been given a rest in used rum casks. Here it is the rum that travelled north to Scotland and settled into a cask that once held single malt. The nose says Caribbean. The tail says Highlands.

  The expert's description

  Opthimus 15 years barricas de Malt Whisky Finish is a Dominican Rum from Oliver & Oliver, solera aged in ex-bourbon casks and finished in Scottish Single Malt Whisky casks before being bottled at 43%.

  Oliver & Oliver is based in Santo Domingo, but the family story starts in Cuba, where Juanillo Oliver built his first rum operation in the late 1800s. When the family picked up the thread again in the 1990s, they did so from the Dominican Republic. The house distils and blends molasses rum on column stills and supplements it with distillates from Panama, Trinidad, Colombia and Nicaragua among others. That blending is the house signature, and exactly what goes into any given bottle is something they keep to themselves.

  Maturation follows the solera principle, the same system the sherry houses of Andalusia have used for centuries. Casks are stacked in tiers, and rum is always drawn from the bottom and oldest row, which is then topped up from the row above. The 15 on the label refers to the oldest rum in the system, not to every drop in the bottle. What you get is a rum carrying both youthful fruit and the deep, reduced note that only long cask time delivers.

  After the solera ageing in ex-bourbon casks, the rum moves into casks that previously held Scottish Single Malt Whisky. This is where the bottle stands apart. The whisky cask lays a dryness over the Spanish-style sweetness, pulls the spice forward and gives the finish an edge the Opthimus range is not otherwise known for. This release was bottled in 2018 as a limited and numbered run of 3,000 bottles.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Vanilla and light honey first, then dried fruit and cask wood. Underneath sit cinnamon, sandalwood and a dry, almost malted note that has no business being in a typical Dominican rum.

  Palate

  Full and soft with clear toffee and vanilla sweetness. Then the whisky cask arrives from the side with pepper, toasted nuts and a dryness that keeps the sugar in check. Oak runs through the whole thing without ever taking over.

  Finish

  Long and warm. The dryness from the malt cask lingers alongside pepper and one last trace of syrup sweetness.

  Specifications

  Name: Opthimus 15 years barricas de Malt Whisky Finish
  Distillery: Oliver & Oliver
  Region/Country: Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
  Type: Dominican Rum
  Age: 15 years
  ABV: 43%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Ex-bourbon casks, finished in Scottish Single Malt Whisky casks
  Distillation method: Column distilled
  Bottled: 2018
  Number of bottles: 3,000
  Edition: Solera Malt Whisky Finish
  EAN no.: 7466871101087
  Serving suggestion: At room temperature in a tulip-shaped glass or alongside dark chocolate
  

  Flavour profile

  Sweet · Spiced · Vanilla · Dried fruit · Oak

  Did you know?

  The casks used for the finish come from Tomatin in the Scottish Highlands. It is rare for a distillery to send its used casks in that direction. Traffic normally runs the opposite way, with Scottish distilleries queueing up for rum casks to finish their whisky in.

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  • 73,50
    1pcs.
    66,25EUR
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  Opthimus 15 years Oporto Dominikanske Republic Rum 38%

  Item no.: 22227865421-36

  Opthimus 15 years Oporto Rum Dominican Republic Rum 38%Opthimus 15 year old rum is aged according to the Solera method in American oak barrels, where it acquires a good harmony and great complexity and then finishes the maturation in barrels where port wine was previously used. Distillery: Opthimus Rum Oporto Age: 15 years Solera Type: Dominican Republic Alc. strength: 38% 70 cl. Other: Model photo. Oliver & Oliver Int. Port wine casks from Graham´s, Quinta De Marco, Oporto, Portugal.

  • 67,00
    1pcs.
    57,75EUR
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  Opthimus 15 years Ron Artesanal Dominikanske Republik Rum 38%

  Item no.: 22227865421-12

  Opthimus 15 Year Ron Artesanal Dominican Republic Rum 38% The rum comes from the Dominican Republic and is very flavorful and elegant. It is aged in American oak barrels for 15 years, where it picks up a good harmony of flavors and a mature aroma. Distillery: Opthimus Rum Age: 15 years Type: Dominican Republic Alc. strength: 38 % 70 cl. Other:

  • 67,00
    1pcs.
    60,25EUR
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  Opthimus 18 years Dominikanske Republik Rum 38%

  Item no.: 22227865421-11

  Outside Santo Domingo the warehouses stand close together, and the air inside stays heavy and warm all year.

  Time works faster here than in a Scottish dunnage. The casks give up their character at a pace no cool northern cellar can match, and the angels take their cut every single year.

  Opthimus is the Oliver family's answer to what that heat can do, if you still have the patience to wait.

  The expert's description

  Opthimus 18 years Cum Laude 2019 is a Dominican Rum from Oliver & Oliver, matured in ex-Bourbon casks of American white oak and bottled at 38%.

  Oliver & Oliver is a family business with Cuban roots. The family left Cuba in 1959, and it was not until the early 1990s that the company was rebuilt in the Dominican Republic, where it sits today in Hato Nuevo outside Santo Domingo. The house does not distil its own spirit. It blends and matures molasses-based distillates under maestro ronero Don Pedro Oliver.

  Maturation follows the Sistema Solera, the Spanish pyramid system originally developed for sherry. Rum of different ages is blended continuously through a tier of casks, so a fraction of the oldest rum always carries forward. The 18 on the label refers to the oldest rum in the blend, not to everything in the bottle. That is worth knowing if you come from whisky, where an age statement means precisely the opposite.

  Cum Laude is Oliver & Oliver's own designation for the bottlings the house rates highest, and it appears only on selected releases. This one was bottled in 2019 in a run of 1,000 bottles. Every bottle is filled, labelled and numbered by hand, and the label carries the maestro ronero's signature. The casks are former Bourbon barrels from Kentucky, made from American white oak, and they are the source of the vanilla, coconut and soft timber running through the whole palate. The 38% is a deliberate house choice: this rum is built for softness rather than punch.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Warm vanilla and light honey lead. Behind them come toffee, dried fig and a mild cocoa note, and right at the back a trace of pipe tobacco and dry oak.

  Palate

  Soft and rounded. Honey and caramel carry the opening, then dark chocolate and roasted coffee unfold, with a faint peppery edge and a hint of ginger in the background keeping the sweetness in check.

  Finish

  Long and spiced-sweet. The vanilla lingers longest, alongside sweet oak and a dry tobacco note right at the end.

  Specifications

  Name: Opthimus 18 years Cum Laude 2019
  Distillery: Oliver & Oliver
  Region/Country: Dominican Republic
  Type: Dominican Rum
  Age: 18 years by the Sistema Solera method
  ABV: 38%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Ex-Bourbon casks of American white oak
  Bottled: 2019
  Number of bottles: 1,000
  Edition: Cum Laude
  Serving suggestion: Neat at room temperature in a tulip-shaped glass
  

  Flavour profile

  Sweet · Cask matured · Vanilla · Cocoa · Soft

  Did you know?

  Oliver & Oliver hold more than 3,000 American white oak casks, every one of which held Bourbon in Kentucky before being shipped to the Caribbean. Few rum brands can match a cask stock of that size.

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  • 80,25
    1pcs.
    72,25EUR
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  Opthimus 21 years Dominikanske Republik Rum 38%

  Item no.: 22227865421-10

  Distillery: Opthimus Rum Age: 21 years Type: Dominican Republic Alc. strength: 38 % 70 cl. Other:

  • 89,75
    1pcs.
    80,75EUR
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  Opthimus 25 years barricas de Malt Whisky Finish Dominican Republic Rum 2022 43%

  Item no.: 22227865421-12000

  Opthimus barricas de Malt Whisky rum has been aged for 25 years in ex-bourbon casks and then matured in a used single malt cask. This very deep and dark combination of rum and whisky can be difficult to master, but Opthimus has managed to create a blend in a class of its own. The aroma offers a mix of syrup, ripe fruit and a hint of the malted whisky. The taste is strong and bold with flavors of nougat and spices.
  
  Bottler: Oliver & Oliver
  Name: Opthimus Malt Whisky Finish 2022
  Country: Dominican Republic
  Age: 25 years Type: Dark rum
  Alc. strength: 43%
  70 cl.

  • 107,00
    1pcs.
    96,50EUR
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  Opthimus 25 years barricas de Oporto Finish Dominikanske Republik Rum 43%

  Item no.: 22227865421-15

  Opthimus barricas de Oporto Finish Rum 25 years from Dominican Republic 70 cl. / 43%

  • 93,75
    1pcs.
    84,25EUR
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  Opthimus Miniature Giftbox Rum 6x2 cl 38%

  Item no.: 505956-498796-455-3

  Opthimus Rum Miniature Gift Box 6x 2 cl

  Type: Dominican Republic Rum Alc. strength: 38 % 2 cl. x 6

  • 33,50
    1pcs.
    30,00EUR