Double Retorts Barbados 2000 West Indies Rum Distillery WIRD 24 Years 70cl 52,3%Vol

Name: Double Retorts Barbados 2000 West Indies Rum Distillery WIRD 24 Years 70cl 52,3%Vol
SKU: RUM-DOUBLER2000WIRD24Y
Availability: InStock

€179,90

This rum is from the West Indies Rum Distillery (WIRD) in Barbados and is based on molasses. The rum has been distilled in a series of pot stills in June 2000 and was bottled in July 2024. This rum has been aged for the largest part continental in an old ex-Bourbon barrel that already has been used multiple times. This is a heavy WIRD pot still expression and is famous as called “Rockley Style”. Only a few from these rum’s have been bottled. Rockley refers to a long gone distillery from whom it was supposed that the still has been moved to WIRD. It is known that this still could not have been in use in 1986 and 2000 when these rare “Rockley Style” vintages have been produced. However the style of rum made by that distillery has been reproduced by WIRD. Probably it is a combination of distillations where their unique and famous “Vulcan” triple chambers still has been used as a wash still followed by a second distillation using their small pot still as spirit still. On other bottles from the same vintage also a column still is mentioned.

In stock

Categories: Barbados, British, Dark, Double Retorts, New, Pure Single Rum, Rum, Single Blended Rum, W.I.R.

Description

Double Retorts:
Double Retorts is the brand new Single Cask Series from Boozehounds Blended Beverages.
David from Rum Stylez cooperates with Boozehounds as Cask Selector and Brand Ambassador.
Boozehounds blends custom beverages for a wide range of customers.
They also have self made product series.
The Bartender Series who focusses on the bar-scene.
The Unique Series who focusses on unseen blends between different distillates.
The Double Retorts Series is the third series with the focus on single cask bottling.
The Barbados 2000 West Indies Rum Distillery WIRD 24 Years is the first expression from the Double Retorts Series.

https://www.boozehounds.be/doubleretorts

Tasting Notes:
Light and balanced medicinal aromas with scents of rubber production, young white wood and wood polish.
These are joined by lighter and fruitier aromas mainly citrus fruits and honey on the palate.

General: You can consider this Rockley Style Rum as lower in heavy esters and better in balance than most Rockley Style 2000 rums on the Market.
The typical medicinal, chemical and smokey notes are surely there, but tend to go to background leaving more room for the honey and more fruitier notes to come up front.